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> iOS in particular False [1,2]. For a while iOS was hanging in there because persistence was difficult, but not anymore. Banking on your phone, unless it is
by rmrfstar 6y ago
> iOS in particular
False [1,2]. For a while iOS was hanging in there because persistence was difficult, but not anymore.
Banking on your phone, unless it is a segregated account with limited funds, is a seriously bad idea.
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/android-zero-day-more-than-ios-zerodium/ https://www.wired.com/story/android-zero-day-more-than-ios-z...
[2] https://www.cyberscoop.com/ios-zero-day-zerodium-high-supply/ https://www.cyberscoop.com/ios-zero-day-zerodium-high-supply...
- saagarjha 6y agoYour links fail to support the point that banking on your phone is a "seriously bad idea".
- rmrfstar 6y agoIt supports the conclusion that iOS is not the security miracle people sometimes claim it is. If your device can be persistently compromised and you use it for general purpose browsing/email, it follows that using it to manage your money is a seriously bad idea.
- saagarjha 6y agoI haven’t heard of anyone persistently compromising iOS for quite a long time. Regardless, your links do point towards iOS having issues with security, but they still don’t support the claim that you shouldn’t use it for online banking. The fact is that an exploit chain of that caliber would still require hundreds of thousands of dollars and nobody is going to leverage on of those to part you from a couple thousand dollars–it just wouldn’t make sense. Those kinds of vulnerabilities are almost exclusively aimed at individuals or small groups of people for generally political motivations.
- rmrfstar 6y ago> The fact is that an exploit chain of that caliber would still require hundreds of thousands of dollars I linked an article that says the opposite. > I haven’t heard of anyone persistently compromising iOS for quite a long time a thread from a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23287364 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23287364 > nobody is going to leverage on of those to part you from a couple thousand dollars If the cost of countering the threat is using a $40 Raspberry Pi to do your banking, what's the problem?
- frank2 6y ago>using a $40 Raspberry Pi to do your banking So exploits for iOS have recently been published whereas Linux and Firefox have warm and fuzzy associations, so clearly Linux and Firefox will work better than iOS in this case. Is that your argument? (I mention Firefox because all of the online banking arrangements I know of rely on iOS, Android or a web browser.)