Apple fixes bugs in its Safari browser notified by Google
Apple has successfully been able to fix multiple bugs found in its Safari browser that allowed third-party websites to track users’ browsing habits. Google‘s security team in one of its published papers has said that it had notified Apple of various flaws in its anti-tracking technology, Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) in August.
Google‘s team noted in the paper that these vulnerabilities would have resulted in the third-party company getting hold of sensitive and private browsing information. The flaw even allowed a site to carry out a cross-site attack and introduce another domain into the ITP list.
In December, Apple quietly fixed the flaw and thanked the Google team without going into specifics. “We’d like to thank Google for sending us a report in which they explore both the ability to detect when web content is treated differently by tracking prevention and the bad things that are possible with such detection. Their responsible disclosure practice allowed us to design and test the changes detailed above,” it said.
In 2017, Apple rolled out its ITP technology, one of the most highly regarded privacy protection kits for the web around the world. The system clears out first-party cookies regularly and blocks third-party cookies by default, making it difficult for advertisers to track users.
Google‘s Chrome browser has also been often criticized for its lack of privacy-protecting tools. Last week, the company said it is going to follow Safari and Firefox in blocking third-party cookies, but it will take two years.
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