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In the post iPhone era, a lot of what gets sold as security features is actually just removing functionality from the device. In early days of this, I honestly
by asveikau 3mo ago
In the post iPhone era, a lot of what gets sold as security features is actually just removing functionality from the device.
In early days of this, I honestly think it was rooted in the famous Steve Jobs paranoia, the one that shipped without an app store and told users to use Safari, the same Steve Jobs that was said to not want certain medical devices during cancer treatment to touch him because they weren't beautifully designed. It was fundamentally about not wanting "dirty" things coming in contact with his "perfect" device. They dressed it up in language about security as a post hoc justification.
I remember in those days people would say they didn't want it to be like malware ridden Windows 98. But they omitted the weak security behind Windows at that time, which modern systems had long ago exceeded, even in the Windows world.
- petre 3mo agoIt's a security theater but you should at least respect that the guy was willing to die for beautifully designed devices and rid us of Adobe Flash.
- hnlmorg 3mo ago> you should at least respect that the guy was willing to die for beautifully designed devices I don’t think that kind of stupidity warrants respect.
- Cider9986 3mo agoHard disagree. iPhones are some of the most secure devices available. They are much more secure than desktop computers. This is a good thing because it protects users private data. With how much personal data phones, it seems reasonable to secure them extensively. That's why I use GrapheneOS.
- bluebarbet 3mo ago>iPhones are some of the most secure devices available How do you know? We're not allowed to see the source code.
- nolist_policy 3mo agoReplace iPhone with Android/GrapheneOS and the argument still holds.