News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your device without a passcode. Parent comment

Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by mikeash on Monday September 11, 2017 @10:03PM (#15224193)
Apple's checks are not very deep. They suffice to keep honest people honest but do little against an actual adversary.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by dkonofalski on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @01:06PM (#15229091)
The number of safeguards they have in place make that a moot point. If it's not discovered in testing, it's sandboxed. If it gets past the sandbox, they have a killswitch that's registered to the app's specific ID. There's very little damage that an app can do if it's gone through the App Store proper.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by mikeash on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @01:29PM (#15229306)
That could be done for sideloaded apps too.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by dkonofalski on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:15PM (#15233419)
Sideloaded apps, by definition, are not tracked individually by Apple. You can't make a killswitch for an app if you don't know what the app is.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by mikeash on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @09:18AM (#15237936)
And yet the Mac has a malware killswitch. Clearly it can be done.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image your dev... by dkonofalski on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @08:56PM (#15244125)
Source? The Mac only has the ability to prevent unsigned apps from being installed which is easily disabled. There's no killswitch for unsigned apps.
[ Parent | on HN ]