Sorry, but I do not want to see someone's Self advertising everytime I get a phone call. You know this will be used to show you ads when companies call, right? You think this will not be monetized?
https://gizmodo.com/best-ios-17-features-iphone-apple-wwdc-2...
Although it’s the least used app for many of us, with iOS 17, the Phone app will be upgraded with a feature Apple is calling “Personalized Contact Posters” so instead of just your name and number showing up on the iPhone of someone you’re calling, they’ll see a customized image (or memoji) and **text of your choosing which could help persuade them into answering your call***. Apple also promises the Contact Posters will “also be available for third-party calling apps.”
Now the scam callers will not only be able to spoof the FBI's phone number, but show a badge and a threatening full screen message too!
Do they do that now with iPhones? It seems like the requirement to be using an Apple account would significantly hinder the scammers.
The time of video call scams will come, but I don't think we're there just yet outside very targeted attacks on people in power or with huge amounts of wealth at their disposal.
If it was permissioned it would have a lot more utility, for us
Like bring back google plus circles, for ios contacts
Actually, “group threads have a feed view / content publishing tools” is simple enough to work. Hm.
It also looks like a new way for spam callers to display the image of a nice girl to persuade you to answer.
Imo that feature in fact makes me believe even more that it won’t be available on calls from people you don’t know — way too ready for spam and abuse.
Step 2: start calling people. Doesn't matter if they answer, their dialer will show your ad.
The only workaround for this I can think of is to install an alternate dialer that doesn't implement this feature. I'm not sure it iOS has user replaceable dialers, though, that may just be an iOS thing.
Step 2: start calling people. Doesn't matter if they answer, their dialer will show your ad.
The only workaround for this I can think of is to install an alternate dialer that doesn't implement this feature. I'm not sure if iOS has user replaceable dialers, though, that may just be an iOS thing.
For just $15 per account [1] you can buy your way into someone else's iCloud, no manual phishing or credential stuffing needed. You'll need to ban quite a few per day to get rid of all of them, and even then innocent people may lose their accounts.
[1]: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3261128/criminals-pay-...
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.
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.
The difference here is that phone numbers can be spoofed much easier than iMessage accounts, so you can (maybe??) spoof this system.