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most spam callers use some VOIP hack to imitate other phone numbers, but this will surely require linking that phone number to an iCloud account. I don’t know h
by vineyardmike 3y ago
most spam callers use some VOIP hack to imitate other phone numbers, but this will surely require linking that phone number to an iCloud account. I don’t know how spammers would do it, but I’m guessing this will actually be used to hide their identities behind iPhone accounts.
it’d really be funny for spammers to suddenly start showing up as Karen from Des Moines instead.
Actually thinking this through, it could be used to Dox people too.
- jeroenhd 3y agoI don't know how spoof resistant the feature will be. Hopefully Apple has thought about this, they probably have at least considered it. Whether or not this is doxing will depend on the way this feature works. If it works like WhatsApp (where anyone with your phone number can look up your profile picture and status and that's considered Works As Intended) then it won't be long until every phone number has been mapped. If it works push-only, with new image URLs being generated for each call, I'm not so sure if it can be abused. I'm sure security researchers will have some very interesting blogs about this system in the months to come.
- vineyardmike 3y agoThey already have a comparable feature for iMessages. So far, i haven’t heard of any abuses. The difference here is that phone numbers can be spoofed much easier than iMessage accounts, so you can (maybe??) spoof this system.