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Adrian Holovaty · by 10 Aug 2022

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  1. Yet native apps (and their mobile operating systems) ignore this header, which is a gaping loophole.
  2. When a native app embeds a website via a webview, the native app has control over that page. Yes, even if it's on a domain that the native app doesn't control (!). This means the native app can inject whatever JavaScript it likes into any website that's viewed in the webview.
  3. I can't imagine a general opt-out solution that doesn't involve iOS and Android providing hooks at the OS level.

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