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Complexity begets attacks. Apple's policy is "no rootkits". Allowing the user to modify the system software is basically a backdoor, and backdoors have an unden
by namelost 9y ago
Complexity begets attacks. Apple's policy is "no rootkits". Allowing the user to modify the system software is basically a backdoor, and backdoors have an undeniable history of being abused by people other than their intended users.
Apple sees the iPhone as a hardware security device. Apple wants users to be confident enough in its security that they can use their phones to authenticate financial transactions.
It's great that some phones are modifyable by their users, but I would never ever link my Android phone with my bank account.
- belorn 9y agoApple has a rootkit. It is called Apple. If you link your Iphone with your bank, you trust that the Apple won't abuse their position that they hold over you. Personally I prefer that my hardware security device are controlled and owned by me, not the company that sold the device. Devices not owned by me have an undeniable history of being abused by people who sell such devices, like the case of Lenovo. If you want to use the history of open devices which their owners can own and control as a case against it, the opposite of company approved software has also a history of abuse. How are all those nice lock down car computers that have been acting creatively during emissions tests. How much trust have they earned, and should people trust them with their bank account for say automatic payment at gas stations?