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iPhone Source Code From iOS 9 Leaked on Github
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Actually most people on Macrumors say Android is less secure as part of their daily mantra.
Not the same thing. I'm talking specifically about people claiming Android is less secure BECAUSE the source code is available to look at.
In some sense it's true. Bad actors find vulnerabilities. Or good actors. They get fixed. But on android, no one (ok, hardly anyone) ever updates their OS, so the fixes do them no good.
The whole point of having an iOS device is to escape the hell hole that is Android, why the hell would you do that? If you want Android, just get a crappy-ass Android tablet and be done your whining about it.
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Uh, because that's a fact, and you'd know that unless you've had your head stuck in the sand for the last decade!
Where did this leak come from and how did it happen? Those are much more interesting questions to me. Especially given Apple's whole "must protecc muh secretz" company line.
You ignored the word "entirely" in what you quoted. Which makes the quote accurate.
Well, I think it's gone now: https://github.com/h1x0rz3r0/iBoot
But I found a mirror, supposedly. Removed it from here cause I think it's against forum rules, but you can just search on Reddit if you want it.
I'll go check it out tonight. Sounds cool!
But I found a mirror, supposedly. Removed it from here cause I think it's against forum rules, but you can just search on Reddit if you want it.
I'll go check it out tonight. Sounds cool!
Yep... There have been some pretty technical things happening surrounding Apple lately, yet people that have no clue about it continue to pretend they do. Simply sound like you know what your talking about or being confident about it doesn't make you correct.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
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It is a little different. With open source, people can submit fixes immediately. Apple marches to its own very slow drummer.
I don't know if this specific source code is relevant here, but in general... Not when it comes to firmware securing devices against things like jailbreaking. At that point, you have to resort to hacks in just a few places that are going to have vulnerabilities. And anyway, I figure the code base for certain kernel-level code is so small that Apple decided it's better to check it themselves than let anyone find holes.
I lost personal interest in the security research my university was doing when I was told they're past software-based encryption and fundamentally have to rely on things like Intel's hardware-level chip security ("Secure Enclave") for certain things in the projects they were working on. Not that I disagree, just didn't find it cool anymore.
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It's gone from github but it ain't "gone" or erased from everywhere. It's out there and will spread plenty of ways....
You say that as if bad people will report any exploits that they find to Apple. Haha !!
"These days" doesn't usually mean code from two years ago. If the leak were actually from "these days" it would surely be iOS 11.
That's a fairly simplistic view. There are certainly Android devices with decent security.
To be fair, even with "entirely", the sentence is a bit slanted. Between iOS 1 and 11, I presume iBoot has always only taken an evolutionary path; there was probably never a massive redesign. So, between 9 and 11, I doubt there are many significant changes at all.
I agree that iOS is a better experience than Android for my purposes. I've had a couple of very crappy Android tablets and won't go back for a *new* device. However, the original iPad Mini and the iPad 2 (not Air 2) are now stuck at iOS9. Already on these devices, various apps don't work and other apps work with some functions unavailable. I expect that this situation will get worse as time goes by. iOS9 therefore is the limiting factor on a device that otherwise is still functional. iPhone 5 is stuck on iOS 10 and is more reliable today but over time I expect it will similarly degrade in function as app developers abandon the older platforms. My thought is simply to enable these older devices which are otherwise functional to have their life extended by a community developed port of an operating system. Since Apple is unlikely to enable community development of iOS for older devices, Android is the next best target.
I suppose then iOS 9 users should be worried..
We are all concentrating of "since this code is out, iOS 11 is even more important of an update now"
Now it ain't..... Depends on what you do..
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" (expect on the Apple eco-system)
We are all concentrating of "since this code is out, iOS 11 is even more important of an update now"
Now it ain't..... Depends on what you do..
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" (expect on the Apple eco-system)