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The jailbreaks for recent versions of iOS only allow jailbreaking unlocked devices, at which point security is already compromised. What? You must mean somethi
by glhaynes 11y ago
The jailbreaks for recent versions of iOS only allow jailbreaking unlocked devices, at which point security is already compromised.
What? You must mean something else because unlocked devices aren't (necessarily) compromised.
- johncolanduoni 11y ago> What? You must mean something else because unlocked devices aren't (necessarily) compromised. I mean compromised in the sense that the malicious party now (for example) has access to the user's email, and would be able to reset a whole host of passwords for online services (assuming they don't use 2FA or something similar, which most users don't). If they wanted to install a keylogger, or get saved passwords, then yes they still have to jailbreak my device. This xkcd is relevant: https://xkcd.com/1200/ https://xkcd.com/1200/
- glhaynes 11y agoI think we must be using "unlocked" in different ways. I'm intending it in what I think is the conventional way for this context: when the device's cellular subsystem is not electronically locked to a particular cellular service provider.
- johncolanduoni 11y agoYou're absolutely right, I should've picked a different word. I mean unlocked in the lock-screen/password sense. Of course, messing with carrier settings is not easily done even if the phone is not carrier-locked, and pulling of an exploit that way is even more difficult.