Staying off the web for security reasons?

[HowEver]

It's also easier to have nothing to worry about by not doing anything on the web or off that would make you or anyone 'worry' about it if they knew about it. Better safe--and safe!

 

[penplotter]

More curious than worried really. I use web pages for some things. For example: if I'm going to a restaurant I haven't visited before, and if i want to look at the menu beforehand. Some cities don't have public transit apps, so I use the web to get schedules when I'm traveling.

I generally use apps first and web pages only if I can't get the info from an app.

Okay

Have a lovely day

 

[Dirtysand]

iOS is probably the safest consumer OS out there.

Using apps instead of browsers generally isn't safer.

I would have to disagree on that, if we were just to look at the time it takes to discover a bug to patching it, I think Microsoft is the fastest. Another big question is are the apps we're using actually using HTTPS? If you're interested, you could always set up charles proxy to find out But some apps send debugging/crash information without telling you, and that could be a risk(Hockeyapp, fortunately it uses SSL).

 

[Intell]

Don't forget than nearly every web page or HTML content you see in any iOS app, be it Chrome, Tapatalk, or Safari, all use the same WebKit engine. If one of them is vulnerable to an attack, they all are. There's only a few such as Puffin that use external web rendering. But using those brings on a lot more questions as to security and privacy. Because everything you enter or view, has to be processed by a third party's servers.

 

[C DM]

I would have to disagree on that, if we were just to look at the time it takes to discover a bug to patching it, I think Microsoft is the fastest. Another big question is are the apps we're using actually using HTTPS? If you're interested, you could always set up charles proxy to find out But some apps send debugging/crash information without telling you, and that could be a risk(Hockeyapp, fortunately it uses SSL).

Not sure about Microsoft being the fastest or better in some way when it comes to mobile which is a whole different animal. iOS is sandboxed and that makes it that much more safe by its nature be it apps or browsers. Again that's not to say that security issues haven't been present or won't be, or that people shouldn't be careful about how they use anything online.

 

[Black Magic]

I would have to disagree on that, if we were just to look at the time it takes to discover a bug to patching it, I think Microsoft is the fastest. Another big question is are the apps we're using actually using HTTPS? If you're interested, you could always set up charles proxy to find out But some apps send debugging/crash information without telling you, and that could be a risk(Hockeyapp, fortunately it uses SSL).

Microsoft OSes are infested by default with thousands of exploits, you shouldn't feel comfy when they are releasing patches monthly. That just says overall the platform is a huge security risk.

When Apple releases a patch once every so many months, they probably have a more secure platform.

 

[C DM]

Microsoft OSes are infested by default with thousands of exploits, you shouldn't feel comfy when they are releasing patches monthly. That just says overall the platform is a huge security risk.

When Apple releases a patch once every so many months, they probably have a more secure platform.

They aren't infested by exploits just because, the code is just constantly attacked by many more people finding issues, as opposed to let's say OS X which isn't really attacked at any type of rate that is even in the same league nor by nearly as many people. Linux and OS X have plenty of security issues just most aren't found as quickly and/or exploited nearly as much.

On top of that that's quite different from the mobile OSs anyway.

 

[khha4113]

Microsoft OSes are infested by default with thousands of exploits, you shouldn't feel comfy when they are releasing patches monthly. That just says overall the platform is a huge security risk.

When Apple releases a patch once every so many months, they probably have a more secure platform.

So with IOS 7, in less than a month, it received 3 patches. it must be 'insecure' platform then!