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A comment on Unc0ver Jailbreak for iOS 11.0 to 13.5. Parent comment

Re:Unc0ver Jailbreak for iOS 11.0 to 13.5 by dintech on Sunday May 24, 2020 @09:22AM (#23291313)
> A jail broken/rooted device may not have the same protections since jail breaking is typically circumventing that sort of threat protection.

If it was jail-breakable, that security was never there in the first place.

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Re:Unc0ver Jailbreak for iOS 11.0 to 13.5 by anang on Sunday May 24, 2020 @10:51AM (#23291891)
Jail breaking is a deliberate and involved process, in some cases something that the manufacturer even allows for.

It’s not really the same as a random piece of JavaScript on a webpage jail breaking your phone. I think having a rootable device doesn’t inherently mean your device is insecure.

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Re:Unc0ver Jailbreak for iOS 11.0 to 13.5 by ValentineC on Sunday May 24, 2020 @02:11PM (#23293356)
> It’s not really the same as a random piece of JavaScript on a webpage jail breaking your phone. I think having a rootable device doesn’t inherently mean your device is insecure.

Heh this was actually the case for a couple of Safari-based jailbreaks, all the way up to 9.3.4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe

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Re:Unc0ver Jailbreak for iOS 11.0 to 13.5 by leviathan on Sunday May 24, 2020 @09:53AM (#23291520)
You are the one who jail-breaks the phone, but now third party apps you install can have much more unprotected access and you cannot be certain what they are doing behind your back.
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