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How are smart phones harder to hack? they've been information goldmines for years. java vulnerabilities, bluetooth vulnerabilities, even vulnerabilities from th
by anonbanker 10y ago
How are smart phones harder to hack? they've been information goldmines for years. java vulnerabilities, bluetooth vulnerabilities, even vulnerabilities from the charging cable.
Are they just perceived to be less vulnerable?
- ikeboy 10y agoiPhones in particular require all user code that runs to be signed and run in a sandbox, which makes it much harder to hack. Android also has a sandbox, but is more permissive about running things outside it: still, by default it's pretty locked down. Windows is not locked down that way, and most programs will require admin access for installation, at least.
- anonbanker 10y agoRegarding android, the latest Qualcomm debacle (FDE is broken) shows that it's not a very safe platform. Add in the google services that store information unencrypted (which nerfs Signal and other "safe" apps), and you have a owned phone. iPhone's walled garden is, as John Oliver stated, akin to "dancing on the edge of a volcano"; only safe until the next vulnerability arrives. Don't forget that every iOS other than current has been jailbroken/rooted. Thankfully, Windows Phone is a joke that is being phased out, so we don't have to laugh uncomfortably at it anymore.
- ikeboy 10y agoYou're conflating remote vulnerabilities, which is what I referred to above, with local vulnerabilities.