iOS 12 uses Lua code downloaded from Apple's servers

Re:iOS 12 uses Lua code downloaded from Apple's servers by Jyaif on Monday August 06, 2018 @04:22PM (#17701426)

If I want to hide "malicious code" in my binary (whatever that means on iOS), there's no amount of Apple review that will be able to catch it. In fact, even their restriction on downloadable code is not enforceable.

This limitation is not about improving security, it's about preventing developers from creating ecosystems inside their apps.

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Re:iOS 12 uses Lua code downloaded from Apple's servers by filleduchaos on Monday August 06, 2018 @06:37PM (#17702389)

Given your previous comments, I'd be very surprised indeed if you'd ever even opened Xcode in your life (to talk of actually getting an app you built approved and listed in the App Store).

But sure, you totally know how to sneak malicious code past Apple's security processes, and for some completely sensible reason you've neither used it for your own nefarious gain nor reported the exploit and claimed the fat bounty that would inevitably await you.

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Re:iOS 12 uses Lua code downloaded from Apple's servers by jonhendry18 on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:39PM (#17702000)

Once someone figures out what you're doing Apple can flip the remote killswitch and disable your app.

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Re:iOS 12 uses Lua code downloaded from Apple's servers by saagarjha on Monday August 06, 2018 @05:00PM (#17701750)

Apple will most likely catch whatever you have in mind. If not, they will certainly pull your developer agreement once they figure it out.

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