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1) Haha, well the "current major mobile threat" jab was more tongue in cheek, and you're right - it's the "No iOS Zone" vulnerability. The citation is the fol
by christianbryant 11y ago
1) Haha, well the "current major mobile threat" jab was more tongue in cheek, and you're right - it's the "No iOS Zone" vulnerability. The citation is the following: RSA conference presenter SkyCure discussed the possible vulnerability [0] in iOS 8 that _could_ allow iPhone users with iOS 8 to be victimized by the equivalent of a DoS attack. And, the org has worked with Apple and iOS 8.3 likely fixes the issue.
2) However, while I wasn't making an argument per se, more just thinking out loud about architecture choices, especially when they "mimic" systems that are not for the same purpose, I do believe that is a small part of the problem when it comes to mobile security as pertains to phones. And, maybe I'm also thinking that with that in mind, there might be room for a whole separate set of protocols and methods for interacting with the Internet (or a reasonable facsimile of it) from your phone, which is not a PC :-)
[0] https://www.skycure.com/blog/ios-shield-allows-dos-attacks-on-ios-devices/ https://www.skycure.com/blog/ios-shield-allows-dos-attacks-o...
- simonh 11y agoI understand your motives, but the problem with your argument is that youre telling us what a mobile phine shouldn't be (no internet, no TCPIP even, and reading a bit between the lines perhaps no GPS or Wifi even). But to usefully describe a thing you need to say what it is and what it does, not what it doesn't do.
- christianbryant 11y agoYes, I suppose I left out the important part where I should turn around and state what I think the actual alternatives are, and if they don't exist, propose them :-) I'm still getting my feet wet with this critical thinking exercise, especially where an exchange of ideas is required to hone my own! I'll have to come back to this one...