How to Solve Apple IPhone and IPod Security Issues And Their Solutions
In this post I’ll be writing about the insecurity of Apple products in general and looking directly at their IPhones/IPods security flaws. I would also like to note that I have a tendency to be anti-Apple, so beware that this post may have be slightly bias against Apple.
Firmware: The original definition being a file usually the operating system of a device stored on read only memory and could not be changed but, in the last couple years the firmware of devices have started to be storage that was writable so updates could be performed.
Custom Firmware(Jailbreak): Because the firmware in newer devices is stored on writable storage it is possible to reprogram or change the operating system to do something that the manufacturer did not desire, which would be the custom Firmware.
- Apple’s Long Lived Lie
Apples has claimed to produce the most secure products for the longest time but now a days it just isn’t true. After the release of Windows XP the internet became much more accessible and so did the security risk of virus’s and spyware. Because Apple computers where less popular than Windows PCs, the hackers created virus’s designed to attack the majority (The Windows Users). Meaning Apple was more secure than Windows at one point of time.Because Windows has been a target for hackers, Windows was able to be developed to be more resistant to attacks. When the Apple IPhone became a success their computers also became more popular which started to catch hacker’s eyes.
Apple’s IPhone is ostensibly insecure especially when compared to products such as the BlackBerry. So it easy to say that currently in 2013, Apple products are not any more secure than any other products.
