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Wednesday, 25 September 2019

iOS 13 bug lets third-party keyboards enable ‘full access’ without your permission — here’s a fix


Just as Apple made available iOS 13.1 and iPadOS after a rather messy rollout, the iPhone maker is warning users of a security issue impacting third-party keyboard apps. The bug — unresolved in its latest updates released yesterday — could potentially allow keyboard makers to gather keystroke data without your knowledge and relay it back to their servers. Third-party keyboards like GBoard, SwiftKey, and Grammarly can be run either as a standalone app or can request “full access” to communicate with other apps and provide additional features. But according to a support document released by the company yesterday, a bug in the…

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