About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1

Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1 by clairity on Monday July 26, 2021 @05:27PM (#27965720)

> "It's too bad on iOS Apple forces people to choose between security and control of their own systems..."

moreover, one of the critical vulnerabilities from a user's perspective is the network connections that a device makes, nominally on behalf of the user, but really on behalf of privacy-forsaking data harvesters like google and facebook (and even apple themselves, to a certain extent).

jailbreaking is one method users can (potentially) regain a modicum of control over their own private information as well as block exfiltration from exploited security vulnerabilities.

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Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1 by jsjohnst on Monday July 26, 2021 @07:22PM (#27966729)

> one of the critical vulnerabilities from a user's perspective is the network connections that a device makes, nominally on behalf of the user, but really on behalf of privacy-forsaking data harvesters like google and facebook

Apple provides APIs now on stock iOS to allow an app to use a “VPN profile” to implement a firewall blocking outbound connections, but without requiring a remote server (aka the app applies rules locally to outbound connections). The downside is you have to trust Apple to pass their own traffic through the app’s firewall unlike with a JB, but at least that covers the other examples you gave.

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