• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    I like iPhones, but this is just reckless, it is only a matter of time untill an exploit is found to bypass the certificate check.

    For the time being the system is secure, but claiming 100% security based on a certificate checking routine is just dumb.

    Look at the PS3, for years it was thought to be unhackable, then exploits were found to bypass the security.

    Now, obviously this is unlikely to happen at stores selling new devices as the access to them will be limited, but you can’t just claim absolute security.

    Will this feature be turned off when the phone is activated? What if it is forgotten about, or deemed unneeded? I could absolutely see a bad guy setting up a system to trigger the update mode, which probably will have lower security since Apple will only expect the devices to activate the system in a store.

    What could the bad guy do with the phone in that mode? Probably quite a bit more than the user wants.

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      7 months ago

      Good that you pointed that out, I am sure Apple has not thought about that obvious threat vector. /s

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        7 months ago

        I am sure they have, as an IT guy I just dislike broad statements about how security is not an issue because of X.

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          7 months ago

          Says you, who made a broad statement how this is reckless without knowing more details about it.

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            7 months ago

            Simply stating an oppinion based on a decade of experience.