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iphone= ruined.
« on: July 30, 2009, 06:21:28 PM »

http://www.forbes.com/200...ogy-security-hackers.html
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 08:44:44 PM »

Vulnerability identified != Exploit implemented but Apple security stories are so ****y and headline worthy.  Although the standard Cupertino say nothing reaction to identified issues always bugs me.  Probably the same guys who are in charge of App Store approvals.  Now that the knowledge is "in the wild" I suspect we'll see a patch soon.

Hopefully it will be forthcoming before someone spawns SkyNet on my cell phone and persuades my toaster to attack city hall.

Or I'll switch to Android.... wait... or WinMob... wait... Blackberry, yeah, Blackberry.
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2009, 08:49:36 PM »

Vulnerability identified != Exploit implemented but Apple security stories are so ****y and headline worthy.  Although the standard Cupertino say nothing reaction to identified issues always bugs me.  Probably the same guys who are in charge of App Store approvals.  Now that the knowledge is "in the wild" I suspect we'll see a patch soon.

Hopefully it will be forthcoming before someone spawns SkyNet on my cell phone and persuades my toaster to attack city hall.

Or I'll switch to Android.... wait... or WinMob... wait... Blackberry, yeah, Blackberry.


LOL,  I know.  Just trolling a bit.  But if Apple wants to be taken seriously in this market, they better get the patch out.    That's all
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2009, 08:59:45 PM »

Vulnerability identified != Exploit implemented but Apple security stories are so ****y and headline worthy.

Stories like this are ****y only because of the myth that Apple engineers are infallible and put out invulnerable software. The reality is that even if every iPhone in existence goes out of commission for a day or three, the world will still hum right along. It's not like it's a virus that could affect 90% of the world's PCs. Grin
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2009, 09:04:06 PM »

It's not like it's a virus that could affect 90% of the world's PCs. Grin

Some would say that's already been done.   Shocked

But I'm with this guy.
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2009, 09:10:55 PM »

Is it just me or does this story read like something out of Marvel Comics? Which dastardly villain escaped from Arkham Asylum to perpetrate this?
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2009, 09:15:19 PM »

Which dastardly villain escaped from Arkham Asylum to perpetrate this?

Take your pick.

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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2009, 09:35:12 PM »

Wow! Most of those guys look like Woz clones. I wonder what the combined net worth of those dorks is.
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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2009, 03:02:29 PM »

Update available.

More on the vulnerability - http://usedandenthused.com/?p=54

Seems you have to be a 28 moran to be caught out by this one.  Still, it was a ****y story... 

Apple iPhone SMS Exploit Imminent!!!

Android and Windows Mobile also affected.

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