Apple is on the hunt for an iPhone Security Engineer, according to a job posting on their website.
The discovery, originally made by MacNN, comes as some security researchers have criticized the iPhone's security.
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Apple is on the hunt for an iPhone Security Engineer, according to a job posting on their website.
The discovery, originally made by MacNN, comes as some security researchers have criticized the iPhone's security.
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Yikes. I've never hesitated to open any mail on my iPhone because I figured that it was really safe. Also because I have backups synced and I can do a restore if it craps out. There is no way for them to make a virus for the iPhone that could read your passwords is there? I guess I'll be more careful now.
Yes, there is. There was a ton of criticism early on because Apple was having all applications run as the root user, which would give a malicious application access to any data it wanted. I think they have fixed that now, but it goes to show what the state of security on iPhone is, as that problem should have NEVER existed.
I hope that they can make the iPhone alot less vulnerable. I keep so much on my iPhone, it could really hurt if someone was able to hack it maliciously.
Hmmm. I've already noticed a few spam emails and phishing emails (deleted quickly). Does iPhone Mail have the same filters as Mac OS X Mail? I thought it would.
But I've also just recently switched my universal forwarding email from gmail to my .Mac (MobileMe) account so for the first time in 3 years my MobileMe mail account is starting to see some serious usage. Maybe the spam filters, etc are more robust on google mail...
But I've also just recently switched my universal forwarding email from gmail to my .Mac (MobileMe) account so for the first time in 3 years my MobileMe mail account is starting to see some serious usage. Maybe the spam filters, etc are more robust on google mail...
Hmmm. I've already noticed a few spam emails and phishing emails (deleted quickly). Does iPhone Mail have the same filters as Mac OS X Mail? I thought it would.
But I've also just recently switched my universal forwarding email from gmail to my .Mac (MobileMe) account so for the first time in 3 years my MobileMe mail account is starting to see some serious usage. Maybe the spam filters, etc are more robust on google mail...
That might by why they are hiring. Maybe looking for someone who knows a bit about mobile security to enhance interception and make some decent spam filters.
I'm not sure a SPAM filter comes under the security umbrella.
I'd imagine this is more of a precautionary measure. The iPhone is, for a lot of people, their first OSX-based product. Apple loves advertising the security advantage of OSX. Having a serious security hole would really undermine their message, not to mention anger the millions of iPhone owners around the world.
I'd imagine this is more of a precautionary measure. The iPhone is, for a lot of people, their first OSX-based product. Apple loves advertising the security advantage of OSX. Having a serious security hole would really undermine their message, not to mention anger the millions of iPhone owners around the world.
They did, that's why my Mail kept crashing when I restored my backup from 1.1.4.
It was trying to run as mobile and root was the owner. My iPhone now "works" but it crashes more than a drunk driver...Hey don't be so sure about that. These guys can hack your social security in a split second!
To my knowledge the iPhone has zero spam filtering, to be fair most ISPs have excellent spam filtering and offer the ability to delete it immediately.
Best way to go.
