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iPhones: * Have the potential for Viruses (don't call it an exploit it's a jailbreak is not great security reporting) * Reqquire backups done by the user to be
by whatusername 16y ago
iPhones:
* Have the potential for Viruses (don't call it an exploit it's a jailbreak is not great security reporting)
* Reqquire backups done by the user to be safe from data loss
* Since I'm currently rocking a 3G running IOS4 -- are "clunky and slow"
Of your 5 points - boot up and software update are reasonable. The other 3 can be absolutely issues.
- Xuzz 16y agoThat's not the point. Has anyone actually made a virus? No. Will somebody? Yes. Are they perceived as better in that regard? Yes. The point is that they are not perceived in that way, so people are not scared of them. It doesn't matter how true it actually is, it matters what people think.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoHis other two points aren't really true either. Phones take a while to boot too, but like most modern computers you just wake them from some kind of sleep mode when you want to use them. Most phones don't use package management in the linux sense, so if Apps A, B and C are all using some buggy library that isn't part of the OS then who knows on what schedule they're going to be updated since you're carrying three copies of the same buggy library (This is ignoring side-loading and jailbreaking).