The Spring Festival holiday is approaching, presumably many small partners have long been unintentional to work, and their hearts are eager to go home and lie flat.
So this time, it has become the most harmonious day in the office, and the pleasant paddling atmosphere is full from morning to night.
However, Brother Goose was an exception, and these two days Xiao Lei saw that his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he was quite sullen.
When I inquired, I learned that it was the iOS he was most proud of, and this time he was in big trouble.
Oh, Brother Bi gave me a look at his iPhone 13, and there were more strange ads in the news feed.
"Sexy dealer in Macau casino", "alternative dating platform", "about P selling H-movies"... What a mess of ads there are.
And even if he decisively presses the "reject" button, he still can't stop the bombardment of these ads.
Originally bought an iPhone is a picture of a clean, now it is good, nothing to push an advertisement, not to mention beep brother more trouble.
As a good friend, Beep Brother has "difficulty", and Xiao Lei is naturally obliged to help him with the whole solution.
A search on the Internet, good guys, not only brother beep one person recruited, many iOS users have appeared in this situation.
It turns out that in the recent period, some criminals have been living and working hard, and they have set their sights on the "Home" App on iOS devices.
The question is, how did they use the "Home" app to push these hot chicken ads?
Here we must first mention the sharing method of Apple's "home" app.
Old users familiar with iOS know that the "home" app is actually essentially the terminal controller of the smart home.
We can use Apple devices through "home" to remotely control smart homes compatible with homeKit architecture.
For example, turning on and off lights, adjusting the temperature of the living room, turning up the volume of music, viewing the camera, and so on.
In addition to breaking through the control barriers of smart homes, "families" can also invite family members to settle in and share the control authority of smart homes.
Apple's original intention of launching "family" is not only for the convenience of individuals, but also for all family members to enjoy the Apple ecology.
Overall, the "home" app is a win-win for both users and Apple.
App is easy to use, but because the threshold for use is too low, it is stunned that the "Macau Casino" brothers have taken advantage of the loophole.
Because if you want to add family members, you need to send "invitations" to others, and the process is simple and unpretentious.
You only need to know the email address of the other party's Apple ID, fill it in immediately to send a member invitation.
And the aforementioned psoriasis ads are pushed in this way.
There may be small partners to ask, then how do they know the user's email address?
Well asked, in recent years, user privacy data has been frequently leaked, and it seems to have become the basic operation of big manufacturers.
And these leaked user data will be bought by some black production platforms, resold and sold to other individuals or institutions.
So, these Apple users who receive "home" App ads are most likely also victims of personal data breaches.
After buying these mailbox information, these criminals will use scripts to frantically send invitation links in the background.
And those hot chicken advertising messages, in fact, they fill in the invitation notification text when sending invitations.
This "family" app is for them to play clearly, cook probably did not expect to have this use.
However, sending advertising messages is only the first step, after all, these copywriters are fake at a glance, and few IQ online can be fooled.
Source: Sina Technology
In fact, their second purpose is to filter those active mailbox users through these ads.
After all, these packaged user data are generally not worth a few dollars, and only living human accounts have use value.
The email address that can be used to register Apple ID, according to normal thinking, is definitely more valuable.
Oh, the screening method is also much simpler than most people think, that is, through the user's reaction after the "invitation" to judge.
After receiving the invitation push, press any of the "Accept", "Reject" or "Decide Later" buttons.
Criminals can see the user's operation in the background, so they can judge whether this is an Apple user or an active member.
This is the same as our SMS reply "TD unsubscribe", the more we reply to the hot chicken SMS, the more a reason.
So, this email account can "appreciate", or it will continue to increase its efforts to advertise, or it will be packaged as an "active account" to continue to change hands.
Good guys, beep brother estimated that it is a wild press "reject", which leads to the more the advertisement refuses to receive but the more...
But then again, this matter is not to blame the user, this cauldron must be apple to carry.
Apple users all know that the information app has a "filter message", which can automatically filter most spam messages when turned on.
AirDrop, on the other hand, can choose to allow "contacts only", which also avoids the annoyance of random sending by strangers.
Only the "home" app advertising harassment problem, Apple has not introduced a solution that can be once and for all.
Since the official does not shoot, then we will rely on ourselves first, the following Xiao Lei to the small partners to support a few practical ~
If you're not a regular user of Home Apps, consider turning off some of the features in your iCloud settings.
Specific path: [Settings] - [Apple ID] - [iCloud], turn off [Family], [Calendar], [Reminders], [iCloud Photos] and other iCloud sharing functions.
Troublesome little partner, Xiao Lei has a more ruthless move: directly delete the family App.
However, this trick is not 100% useful, some "poor physique" users can delete the App can also receive notifications...
Good guys, that little Ray also has an ultimate solution: turn off notifications for the Family App.
Specific path: [Settings] - [Notifications] - [Family], off [Allow Notifications].
But if you are a common user of the family app, these tricks are not suitable for you, because more or less will affect the normal experience.
At present, there is only one trick: please maintain a good Buddhist mentality and turn a blind eye.
Harm, the little thunder bird food is not joking, at this stage there are only these solutions.
You have to say that this technical difficulty is not very high, obviously it is to add a "refuse the invitation of strangers" switch, you can solve the problem, Apple does not do.
I hope that the majority of Apple users will unite to feedback and strive for Apple to hear the voice of users as soon as possible.
Just such a simple switch, don't tell me to wait until iOS 16 to go online.