News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping Ads from Profobuf. Parent comment

Re:Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping ... by yukIttEft on Sunday August 27, 2023 @09:02AM (#37282307)
layperson here: won't, say a banking app complain about the now new cert it deals with instead of the bank-cert?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping ... by alwayslikethis on Sunday August 27, 2023 @09:32AM (#37282550)
Banking apps generally hardcode their certs in to prevent this, so this wouldn't work unless you find a way to replace that cert too.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping ... by cute_boi on Sunday August 27, 2023 @01:39PM (#37284881)
most banks already do certificate pinning, even tho it is not necessary.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Block YouTube Ads on AppleTV by Decrypting and Stripping ... by sgammon on Sunday August 27, 2023 @04:05PM (#37286134)
clearly it is necessary in some circumstances
[ Parent | on HN ]