Did Apple Add A Keylogger to the App Store?
Our top stories this week:
- Apple adds keylogger to iOS App Store for targeted advertising: tied to your account and unencrypted
- A Third Party Breached The Intercept’s Signal Tip Line and Has Been Soliciting Whistleblowers
- Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader
- ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
- All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face. It’s Still Not Clear Where That Data Goes
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Our staff writer Fria is continuing to keep readers updated with all the latest important headlines - including ones we don't have time for on the podcast - like a 15-year-old Linux Kernel vulnerability allowing full system takeover that was discovered or how the FBI worked with Google to shut down a malicious residential proxy network installed on millions of IoT devices.
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Apple adds keylogger to iOS App Store for targeted advertising: tied to your account and unencrypted
According to cybersecurity researcher Mysk, Apple has recently added a keylogger to the iOS App Store to gather more information on users for advertising purposes. Additionally, this data is sent unencrypted and tied to your user account. While this targeted advertising is - as far as we know - limited to the App Store (for now), it's still not a good look from a company that markets itself a private.
Thom Holwerda
A Third Party Breached The Intercept’s Signal Tip Line and Has Been Soliciting Whistleblowers
Somehow, The Intercept's Signal tip line has been hijacked by an unknown third party. The Intercept has moved to a new username, but has failed to explicitly inform their audience of the situation, instead offering vague statements about "best practices." Meanwhile, whoever controls the existing username claims they are an employee at The Intercept and are still accepting tips.
Murtaza Hussain and Ryan Grim
Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader
Florida officer Lamar Roman met a woman on the set of a TV show. After apparently being turned down flirting with her, he developed an obsession with her and abused his access to police surveillance tools - like ALPRs, DMV data, law enforcement databases, and even Instagram - to track her down and harass her further.
Jason Koebler
ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
The Office of Professional Responsibility has been investigating people criticizing ICE online, including things that would normally fall under free speech laws like calling for an indictment of an officer. There have been 131 cases open in 15 months - a case every 3.5 days roughly. So far only one criminal case has been linked to these investigations.
Maddy Varner
All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face. It’s Still Not Clear Where That Data Goes
As of July 7, 2026 every new car sold in the EU must include a "driver monitoring camera" aimed at the driver's face - Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW). The camera beeps if it detects distracted drivers. While the system is required to be mostly on-device and not biometrics-based, there is little oversight in the form of audits, data retention requirements, and other such privacy concerns.
https://allaboutcookies.org/eu-mandatory-distracted-driver-system
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