NEWS: iPhone anti-malware stuck in state of denial. Not needed,says Apple. Won't run, say developers.
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From: "WindsorFox [SS]>" on 2 Dec 2009 10:18 Kurt Ullman wrote: > In article <011220091322446617%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> In article <hf3fv5$kd1$1(a)posting2.glorb.com>, WindsorFox >> <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Someone said it's impossible to get malware on an iPhone, my question >>> was are you willing to bet everything you have on that belief? >> nothing is impossible so your question is basically a straw man. >> >> the point is that the risk of iphone malware is effectively zero >> because everything is codesigned and sandboxed. someone would have to >> find an exploit and then figure out how to turn it into something evil. >> not that simple. > > And after all that sneak it past the iTunes store approval process. > Even less simple. > Or in email or a website through wifi, even simpler. -- .. "A smorgasbord of tomfoolery" - L0afy
From: "WindsorFox [SS]>" on 2 Dec 2009 10:38 George Kerby wrote: > > > On 12/1/09 12:22 PM, in article 011220091322446617%nospam(a)nospam.invalid, > "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> In article <hf3fv5$kd1$1(a)posting2.glorb.com>, WindsorFox >> <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Someone said it's impossible to get malware on an iPhone, my question >>> was are you willing to bet everything you have on that belief? >> nothing is impossible so your question is basically a straw man. >> >> the point is that the risk of iphone malware is effectively zero >> because everything is codesigned and sandboxed. someone would have to >> find an exploit and then figure out how to turn it into something evil. >> not that simple. > > By asking others to "put everything on" their "belief" reveals an almost > theological neurosis. When he carries on with the "you don't know who I am" > diatribe, it is almost certain that he is somewhat unstable. By refusing to provide an answer you are showing that you are embarrassed by said answer. Or that you do not understand the concept. By telling someone on Usenet whom you do not know and know nothing about that you are "monetarily worth more" you are obviously presumptuous. narcissistic and rather short sighted. It is almost certain that you are unstable and have delusions of grandeur desiring to be a great psychotherapist. > > Our game-boy "Fox" has a biological disorder, so I am cutting him some > slack. When one has flawed logic, it is cruel and futile to engage them in a > rational discussion. > Which you are apparently incapable of doing. I believe the biological disorder is between your ears. -- .. "A smorgasbord of tomfoolery" - L0afy
From: "WindsorFox [SS]>" on 2 Dec 2009 13:35 Kurt Ullman wrote: > In article <hf619n$tpf$1(a)posting2.glorb.com>, > "WindsorFox<[SS]>" <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Are you willing to bet everything you have on the idea that it is >> impossible or almost impossible for malware to run on an iPhone? Very >> simple, yes or no. Now show us all the magnitude of your intelligence. > > Yes. Now dazzle us with your intelligence and tell us why you don't. > I use neither anti-malware apps nor and iPhone/Mac. I guess I live on the ragged edge.... -- .. "A smorgasbord of tomfoolery" - L0afy
From: "WindsorFox [SS]>" on 2 Dec 2009 13:39 nospam wrote: > In article <hf60ee$tkp$2(a)posting2.glorb.com>, WindsorFox > <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> You just said it again, "effectively zero." ARE you or not willing >> to risk everything that you own on that fact? Simple. > > straw man. *nothing* is 100% fail safe, but i'm not at all worried > about malware on an iphone or a mac. it's *far* more likely that > something *else* will go wrong, like a hard drive failure, theft, etc. > and even that is relatively rare. And *I* am not worried about it on Windows. That doesn't mean everyone is that good. -- .. "A smorgasbord of tomfoolery" - L0afy
From: "WindsorFox [SS]>" on 2 Dec 2009 13:40
nospam wrote: > In article <hf60g5$tkp$3(a)posting2.glorb.com>, WindsorFox > <windsor.fox.usenet(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> the point is that the risk of iphone malware is effectively zero >>>> because everything is codesigned and sandboxed. someone would have to >>>> find an exploit and then figure out how to turn it into something evil. >>>> not that simple. >>> And after all that sneak it past the iTunes store approval process. >>> Even less simple. >> Or in email or a website through wifi, even simpler. > > and how exactly can malware propagate on an iphone via email or a web > site?? The same way it does on any other connected device. -- .. "A smorgasbord of tomfoolery" - L0afy |