A Brazilian food delivery app may have exploited a bug in Apple Maps.
Brazilian journalist Rodrigo Ghedin reports that iFood, Brazil’s largest food delivery app, accessed the location of one of his readers. In his blog post, Ghedin wrote that denying readers access to the app didn’t help.
according to 9to5Mac, Apple fixed a bug in iOS 16.3 and added two-factor authentication sign-in to new devices as a “headline feature.” A security patch fix addresses the app’s ability to bypass privacy settings.
Ghedin says readers fixed the problem after resetting the device. He downloaded his iOS 16.3 when it became available, and since Ghedin wrote in his January 31st post, he hasn’t noticed any issues.
Security fixes for Apple Maps Up to iOS 16.3 All iPhone 8 and later, iPad Pro, iPad Air 3rd generation and later, iPad 5th generation and later, iPad mini 5th generation and later.
As 9to5Mac The current problem has not been proven, but ongoing questions are asking how long the problem has persisted and whether other apps have misused the information.
sauce: Note by Rodrigo Guedin via: 9to5Mac
