Issue with iOS 12 has messages being merged accidentally and received by unintended recipients

Over the weekend, we told you about a passcode glitch in iOS 12 that could allow an attacker to break into a locked iPhone and look at a us...

Over the weekend, we told you about a passcode glitch in iOS 12 that could allow an attacker to break into a locked iPhone and look at a user's contacts and photos. Now, a new and potentially embarrassing bug has been discovered that can send your messages and texts to unintended recipients. For example, you might send an explicit text to a sibling only to have the message sent to your mother instead.

The bug is the result of some work Apple did quietly behind the scenes to improve the iMessages experience on iOS 12. The idea was to create a single unified thread ...

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