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PostureGai t1_iw9z6jw wrote

Reply to comment by Danhenderson234 in Just a word of advice (or a very brief rant) by 90sAltRockLover

>I read in 2021 that apple was aware of this, and fixed it

2021 source?

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Danhenderson234 t1_iw9zkho wrote

https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/security/robbed-using-apple-pay/?amp=1

“The good news is that this hack does not appear to have been used by criminals yet. The loophole has been discovered by security researchers who are trying to find – and fix – problems before they can be abused”

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KoJesko t1_iwa858w wrote

The flaw is in NFC itself. Apple can’t fix it I don’t think. Also makes GPay and SPay vulnerable. (Unsure about this)

Edit: making it clear i am unsure

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PostureGai t1_iwa4zdy wrote

This doesn't say they fixed it!!

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raddingy t1_iwba1ac wrote

Usually, these kinds of articles are released after the company fixes the security vulnerability. The company actually works with the security researcher and gets them to hold off blogging and publically reporting the bug. Companies like that because then there are no zero-day exploits, and researchers do it because that industry is entirely reputation based, and if you tick off enough companies, you’re out of a job.

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PostureGai t1_iwbg1v3 wrote

And the company makes a statement that they fixed the bug. Not here.

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