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Show HN: One-click AI employee with its own cloud desktop

https://cloudbot-ai.com
1•fainir•1m ago•0 comments

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Open in hackernews

iOS 18.5 Bluetooth Privacy Vulnerabilities

https://github.com/JGoyd/iOS-18.5-Bluetooth-Privacy-Vuln
78•FluGameAce007•5mo ago

Comments

FluGameAce007•5mo ago
Using only Apple’s official diagnostic tools (Console.app) on a clean, non-jailbroken iPhone 14 Pro Max, the following issues were observed:

System daemons silently initiate Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scans without app activity or user interaction.

GPS location harvesting occurs with no prompts, indicators, or active apps.

Internal frameworks bypass Apple’s Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) protections using undocumented flags.

Bluetooth trust metadata (e.g., IRKs, pairing history) is exposed even when devices are disconnected.

Cryptographic failures are silently ignored during trust operations.

These behaviors suggest an integrated telemetry pipeline that operates beneath iOS’s user-facing privacy model. The full report includes logs, technical breakdowns, and reproduction steps.

internet2000•5mo ago
Isn't it support for the Find My network?
ComputerGuru•5mo ago
The logical deduction would be that it's not, given that the Find My network has been rolled out for some time and this is new behavior.
iancarroll•5mo ago
There is no evidence here that this is new behavior, or evidence of the claims at all aside from random log messages…
kulahan•5mo ago
That doesn’t logically follow, because it could be for an upgrade, so the existence of this stuff previously has no relevance.
like_any_other•5mo ago
> GPS location harvesting

What does "harvesting" mean? Does the data stay on the device, or is it sent to Apple?

arcanemachiner•5mo ago
Is this fixed in iOS 18.6?
roscas•5mo ago
Fixed? LOL! It's like asking if Android VPN makes all connections go on the VPN, but no, just like Windows... you do have to expect zero privacy respect
brookst•5mo ago
Cynicism is not insight.
jeffbee•5mo ago
From what I've seen lately, you're the only person who thinks it is surprising that an iphone sometimes turns on the Bluetooth radio.
FluGameAce007•5mo ago
What is surprising is that it's accessing my camera, contact list and my mic...
kyriakos•5mo ago
Not the first company to do this, if it's intentional it just follows the industry resetting user preferences to the favourable "defaults"
roscas•5mo ago
Reminds me of Facebook "bug" that was turning the camera on and sending them pics or movies... people find out, they "fix" that right to the next version where the "bug" appears again...
dotancohen•5mo ago
Can you tell us more?
nickphx•5mo ago
well.. apple needs to power their 'find my device' network somehow.. no?
politelemon•5mo ago
This is unrelated.
exabrial•5mo ago
Really thinking about switching to Graphene as "Privacy, thats not iPhone" is now a thing.

Someday hoping some billionaire decides to start a "third" operating system that is simple enough to be maintained by an OSS foundation.

politelemon•5mo ago
It never was, but our echo chamber here had us convinced it was. Privacy is when you control your data, not give up your data to someone else in the hopes they will.
iancarroll•5mo ago
Looks like garbage "vulnerabilities" generated by ChatGPT from a random sample of log messages. None of it looks even remotely substantiated and I have no idea how this made it to the front page so quickly.
tacker2000•5mo ago
At this point it doesnt really matter if its Apple, microsoft or google, etc..

These big tech co’s will harvest whatever is possible since user data equals hard cash and they will try and do it until they get found out, but even then it could take years until they actually get stopped or fined.

Its still the wild west out there since governments are so extremeley slow to react and they know that.

Also, Apples posturing as being the “privacy leader” doesnt mean anything anymore at this point.

stackskipton•5mo ago
What is this report supposed to show? System level Daemons have low level access or iPhone, unlocked and having trusted the hardware I assume, can be made to reveal data? This reads like someone asked AI about debugging iPhone using their laptop, dug into some system daemons and wrote up a report acting like sky is falling when it's expected behavior. UID 0 can bypass file permissions, alert kernel developers!

Real question is, can other iOS applications trigger this data leaking behavior or can untrusted MacOS devices do this as well?

FluGameAce007•5mo ago
"Preflight=yes" bypassing user prompts is not expected or documented behavior... period.

The fact that internal system daemons can silently trigger access to TCC-protected domains (like Contacts, FaceID, Microphone, and Bluetooth) without app association or user consent breaks Apple’s own stated privacy model.

stackskipton•5mo ago
It's very possible they have good reason to do so. Phone app needs contact access to display CallerID and Microphone access to allow me to answer my call

This got flagged because you have not proven anything.

System Level Daemons and preinstall Apple developed applications are bypassing standard app level permissions. Are they doing anything nefarious with the data like sending it all to Apple or just using it to do the work people expect? You are running around acting like SystemD is doing nefarious stuff because it's bypass file permissions. Ok, it's a system daemon, not shocked, is it doing anything bad with that or just trying to make my system work out of the box as I expect.

Apple makes OS on the iPhone, they are in privileged spot.

wslh•5mo ago
We humans are the jailbroken ones.
burnt-resistor•5mo ago
There's no clear evidence and no write-up. This comes across as crying wolf.