Why should this tool be removed? Trail of Bits the owner of Iverify seems to make some strange claims on Android security together with one of their customers big evil Palentir. Source: GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social) Wired was manipulated into spreading misinformation to ma…

update!: Remove iVerify Basic main ← remove-iverify-basic opened 02:40PM - 18 Aug 24 UTC (UTC) [image] ph00lt0 …

Google disputed many of iVerify’s claims in response to inquiries from Recorded Future News, explaining that the issue “is not an Android platform nor Pixel vulnerability.” [image] Google to remove app from Pixel devices following claims that it made phones... Google and a cybersecuri…

Cheers missed that. I guess this thread is not intenting to replicate the discussion on the news but let’s assess whether iVerify has actually some benefits to bring to the game. I don’t think so

[image] ph00lt0: whether iVerify has actually some benefits to bring to the game Looking at the screenshot of the iPad app on the App Store… [iverify-ipad] At first glance, it looks like much of the actionable suggestions the app gives you are settings you should already have enabled (scre…

Could just have been a checklist on our website :smiley:

It seems like this app just tells you some settings to change, and I’m not sure that really justifies an entire app. The Showcase thing was also a non-event as as far as I know required physical access and is removed from future versions of Android anyway as it’s not used by Verizon anymore. So that…

I agree with your points. Similar guidance is available in Privacy Guides’ recommended configurations for iOS or from various web-based sources, such as by The New Oil , which doesn’t necessitate downloading a whole app. Especially considering that the iVerify Basic app gathers diagnostic and usage d…

Since this app doesn’t scan anymore, what about Certo? Is it reliable?

@Andrew1 proprietary spyware trash like everything else

[image] ph00lt0: This does make it hardly any more useful than just running MVT (whether through iMazing or not) Notably, MVT requires an additional device and time to perform a full system backup.

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