hn • r/hackernews
Comment on: Unable to open links in Safari, Mail or Messages on iOS 9.3
The effect on the iOS is the Shared Web Credentials Daemon (the file is swcd) has a bug and with high amount of data it corrupts it's own database and fails.
🔥 Score 42.3
CredShield: iOS Credential Daemon Safeguard
When swcd’s database overfills, iOS users lose the ability to open links in Safari, Mail, or Messages because the Shared Web Credentials daemon crashes. CredShield continuously monitors credential store health, throttles data growth, and auto‑repairs or mirrors the database to keep link handling reliable.
Quantitative Score Breakdown
complaint frequency
1.5
growth rate
9
competition density
10.5
monetization potential
9
technical feasibility
7.5
search interest
4.8