Apple introduces Lockdown Mode as it battles spyware firms

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Apple introduces Lockdown Mode as it battles spyware firms

Offers US$2 million bug bounty for flaws in new mode.

Apple plans to release a new feature called Lockdown Mode for its mobile and desktop operating systems that aims to enhance protection for human rights advocates, political dissidents, journalists and other targets of sophisticated hacking attacks. The move comes after at least two Israeli ...

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