New Exploit Affects 220 Million iPhones

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The ‘dark sword’ exploit affects over 220 million iPhones running outdated iOS versions, the FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, a Tennessee grandmother was jailed after an AI facial recognition error linked her to fraud, and much more, join us for This Week In Privacy #45! (00:00) - Intro (00:51) - Start of the podcast (01:42) - Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild (16:41) - FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms (26:45) - Site updates (31:54) - Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps (56:47) - Should Banksy Remain Anonymous? (01:06:22) - Forum updates (01:33:47) - Q&A (01:52:35) - Outro ★ Support this podcast ★

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