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"Apple’s iPhone is one of the most—if not the most—secure consumer device on the planet." Really?
by VikingCoder 8y ago
"Apple’s iPhone is one of the most—if not the most—secure consumer device on the planet."
Really?
- paulcole 8y agoCan you give a counter-example? In the same product class what is more secure?
- oliwarner 8y agoIt doesn't say "same product class". It doesn't even stipulate consumer electronics, let alone networked consumer electronics. My toaster is more secure.
- scottlamb 8y agoThey might be confusing effort with results. From that perspective, the iPhone had tons of security, and your toaster presumably has none. Or maybe they wanted you to assume they meant within its product class.
- paulcole 8y agoI don't think they meant in comparison to my pet rock.
- VikingCoder 8y agoThen they should have compared it to other phones. Not to other "consumer devices".
- lawnchair_larry 8y agoYes, really.
- Artemis2 8y agoRecommended read: https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf
- londons_explore 8y agoAn approximate metric of the security of a system is the cost of a vulnerability to the OS divided by the number of users. It's hard to find an up to date price list, but the relative difficulty of breaking into these bits of software hasn't changed much: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/23/shopping-for-zero-days-an-price-list-for-hackers-secret-software-exploits/#7bfc5c12660b https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/23/shoppi... Edit: More up to date prices are here: https://www.zerodium.com/program.html https://www.zerodium.com/program.html