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Dominic White
Personal blog · singe.za.net/blogsecurityweb
Dominic White's personal blog at singe.za.net covers security and web. Since 2010, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-03-19, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Dominic White's blog for his iPhone location-data research. One comment describes iWipe, a tool based on techniques from his post and a 2011 full-disclosure thread.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Dominic White's Information Security Blog. Robust discussions on security & privacy topics from an academic turned consultant.
What Hacker News says?
Not only will iWipe clear the location data from your backups, but it will add triggers to the database that delete any future tracking. Restoring a backup to your device will ensure that your future movements aren't tracked! iWipe is based on the techniques described here: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Apr/408 and here: http://singe.za.net/blog/archives/1029-Quick-note-on-the-iPh...
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