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+1 thanks for the info - it makes sense that Apple would try to mitigate this on their platform.

I use Apple’s new Lockdown Mode on the beta iOS 16 and iPadOS 16. I generally like it. It largely disables arbitrary JavaScript, as far as I know. A few times a week, I will turn off Lockdown temporarily for a few minutes for a web site if there are any problems. This is usually Amazon.com’s Kindle preview feature.




Lockdown mode is a security measure and not a privacy one.

It disables JavaScript JIT compilation, which makes it slower but more secure.

It should not disable any JavaScript execution itself.


Do we know if lockdown’s JS protection applies to apps using WKWebView? That could flat out break a lot of apps.

I thought lockdown mostly applied to system stuff (including Safari).




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