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Non-click exploits are freaky. I wish there was a way to detect if my device is compromised.
by game_the0ry 3y ago
Non-click exploits are freaky. I wish there was a way to detect if my device is compromised.
- hospitalJail 3y agoTreat all of your devices as compromised. Between the FBI breaking the terrorist's iphone, Pegasus, etc... It might be best to have a burner smart phone that you keep off 99.99% of the time and get your secrets off it only.
- boringuser2 3y agoOr, you could just not have an iphone.
- game_the0ry 3y agoLame comment, but for what its worth - I assume my iphone acts like a cia tacking device that sends all my info to nsa, so I never put anything on there that could get me in real trouble. But it would suck if I got a text from a russian organized hacking criminal org that got a hold or my banking credentials.
- boringuser2 3y ago[flagged]
- tremere 3y agoBecause Android is a far more secure platform and Google is a far more trustworthy custodian of your data? Or are you recommending that one opt out of a good portion of society by not using a smartphone? For most people that is not really a convenient option.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoHopefully the diversity in the Android ecosystem (seems like every Android phone vendor wants to run their own variants of various bits) makes it harder to exploit all Android devices with one exploit. Also has the downside of increasing the attack surface, but yeah. I feel like it's potatoes grown from "seed" potatoes vs. potatoes grown from actual seeds.
- kramerger 3y agoHave there been any universal exploits like this on modern Android recently? When people discuss android security issues its mostly about the guy who installed random app from gods know where and got into trouble
- m463 3y agoBlame apple for this. I've always said you should be able to see what's on your own device, but apple doesn't allow it, you can't access the entire filesystem. Also you can't see what processes are running, what they are doing, or look at the network traffic being generated.
- saagarjha 3y agoIt's not particularly convenient but iOS does provide ways to fetch a list of running processes for debugging purposes.
- tremarley 3y agoiOS makes this very difficult, even for security researchers. Everyone, irregardless of skill level should be able to have some basic control over the device they use
- mensetmanusman 3y agoI curiously look forward to a self-propagating worm that bricks all iphones with a zero click bug. It will be a fascinating day in human history.