Email privacy protection function, Apple Watch pointed out the risk of IP address leakage

Apple has introduced an "email privacy protection function" in iOS 15, iPados 15 and MacOS Monterey this fall.However, security researchers have pointed out that this new feature is not compatible with Apple Watch.

The email privacy protection function protects privacy, not to know whether the user activity, IP address, or email in the "email" application is opened.By hiding the IP address, the sender can identify the recipient's whereabouts, or the IP address is not associated with the activities on other internet, so how many times you saw or transferred the email.I will lose it.

This function is technically, after routing all content downloaded in the email application via multiple proxy servers, removing the IP address, and assigning random IP addresses corresponding to the general region to e -mail.The sender is not given the information that can identify the user, and only shows general information.

According to Apple's legal documents on the Privacy Protection, this feature is only available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.However, security researchers and developers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk pointed out that Apple Watch did not hide the recipient's IP address, so the security provided by this function could be overall.doing.

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In other words, Apple Watch enables e -mail privacy protection functions on the iPhone to download remote content such as images using the actual IP address of the recipient when receiving e -mail notifications or opening emails.Even if you are a user, the IP address will be known through it.

Even if the iPhone, iPad, or Mac side hide the IP address, etc., if the other side is missing through the Apple Watch, which is not eligible for the email privacy protection function, the entire security will not be available.Macrumors is asking Apple for comments and wants to wait for the reply.

Source: @mysk_co (Twitter)

VIA: Macrumors

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