Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by tasogare on Monday July 26, 2021 @09:31PM
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There isn't any commercial or open-source mobile without security flaws. Given the importance of iOS it's no wonder it's under scrutiny by attackers, just like Windows was (is) while Apple was memeing a virus free Mac OS. That wasn't the case, it's just MacOS was a mostly irrelevant target.
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Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by simondotau on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:21AM
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I'm not so sure it's accurate to describe macOS as being an irrelevant target. MacBooks in particular have had a not-insignificant market share among many valuable targets for hackers (software developers, the affluent etc) for at least ten if not fifteen years now.
Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by danieldk on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @03:03AM
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Also, it I think meming is a bit of a stretch. Of all the desktop operating systems (macOS, Linux, Windows), macOS has had the strongest security push. E.g. integration of the secure enclave throughout the system for protecting secrets, read-only system volume, mandatory sandboxing for App Store apps, and requiring applications to request use of screen capture/camera/mic/address book, etc.
Sure, holes are found. Strong security is a long process of adding more and more boundaries (while giving the ecosystem some time to adapt to those boundaries) and fixing more and more logic/memory errors.
Regardless, macOS is probably the most secure desktop operating system out-of-the-box.
Re:About the security content of iOS 14.7.1 and iPadOS 14.7.1
by vlan0 on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:41AM
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>Also, it I think meming is a bit of a stretch.
It kinda was, imo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF7habaTvAY