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On 2009-07-07 13:00:04, Boinng wrote:
If everyone knows how to be careful with their PCs then why are there so many viruses and compromised PCs out there? And that's with antivirus widely available for free, and preinstalled on most new PCs. There's no such protection on the iPhone, jailbroken or not, so how can they be compared?
Even with the lowly amount of security provided by Microsoft, if a piece of PC software removed or bypassed (as a by-product) 80% of the security features in Windows, you'd probably want somebody to tell you, right?
I think the reaction to all this is pretty interesting.
[ This Message was edited by: Boinng on 2009-07-07 12:22 ]
The reason viruses are written for Windows is because the majority of people/businesses have PC's therefore a wider audience. Not as many people own Macs therefore no point wasting time writing viruses for them
Same goes for iPhone... even more so these days, less and less people are jailbreaking therefore what is the point in writing a virus for a user base of let's say 5% (that's a guess btw)
I think your reaction to this is pretty interesting. Or should I say predictable.
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Posted: 2009-07-07 14:11:14
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enough already guys...
talk about flogging a dead horse!
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Posted: 2009-07-07 14:15:30
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On 2009-07-07 14:11:14, RyaN wrote:
The reason viruses are written for Windows is because the majority of people/businesses have PC's therefore a wider audience. Not as many people own Macs therefore no point wasting time writing viruses for them
This isn't a PC vs Mac argument - in this context the iPhone is the PC of the smartphone world, since it's so popular, mainstream, and its users actually install a lot of apps - more so than most of the competition. If you were going to target a smartphone OS with a virus, which would you choose?
Same goes for iPhone... even more so these days, less and less people are jailbreaking therefore what is the point in writing a virus for a user base of let's say 5% (that's a guess btw)
A guess - but even if you're right, there must be at least 15m iPhones out there now and that's a very conservative guess itself - that means 750,000 potential targets. Insignificant? If you got 5p for each of their contact files, that's £37,500 in the bank. Still far fetched?
Edit - ok Masseur, that's my last neigh on the subject..
[ This Message was edited by: Boinng on 2009-07-07 13:24 ]
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Posted: 2009-07-07 14:23:25
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@masseur Agreed. Can't see the point in this... going nowhere - fast
On a different, more relevant note.
A new app was released yesterday called 'Prowl' - which pushes Growl notifications from your MAC to your iPhone
''Prowl is a Growl client for the iPhone. Notifications from your Mac can be sent to your iPhone over push, with a full range of customization and grace you expect.''
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http://prowl.weks.net/
This definitely looks like one of the best uses of push besides IM since the feature was released. I hoping that this is able to be integrated with Growl for Windows
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Posted: 2009-07-07 14:28:01
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On 2009-07-07 12:36:59, NoKia wrote:
but there is no virus,...
Software Testing 101: You can never say there are no defects, just that you haven't found one yet. Once you find one, you can say with certainty that this is not a defect-free environment.
On 2009-07-07 12:36:59, NoKia wrote:
...its like buying a car and complaining that noone told you that its dangerous to pour water in the petrol tank!
do you really need a press release to inform you of the dangers of hacking something? isnt it just commonsense to assume it?
No, it's like me telling you I can make your car faster without impacting the reliability of the engine.
Then you drop off your car to me, I give it back later and it goes faster!
Then someone tells you months later that my modification consists of removing the Anti-Lock Braking System, Traction Control, 10 Airbags, all the associatiated wiring and ECU's for a weight saving of 100kgs.
Just don't have an accident, that's all...
As my iPhone is not jailbroken, I'm more interested in the SMS vulnerability which I think is quite embarressing for Apple and this is a developing story, since the guy Miller is going to do a presentation at the end of the month detailing the vulnerability in all it's glory. I hope Apple have a countermeasure out by then. Read more about it on
Ars Technica
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Posted: 2009-07-08 01:57:34
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On 2009-07-07 14:28:01, RyaN wrote:
A new app was released yesterday called 'Prowl' - which pushes Growl notifications from your MAC to your iPhone
''Prowl is a Growl client for the iPhone. Notifications from your Mac can be sent to your iPhone over push, with a full range of customization and grace you expect.''
Source:
http://prowl.weks.net/
This definitely looks like one of the best uses of push besides IM since the feature was released. I hoping that this is able to be integrated with Growl for Windows
Further to this, if anyone is interested in this here...
Growlforwindows aka GfW now supports the Prowl application from the App Store
However, app support for GfW is minimal...there is the ability to write your own apps with the source codes provided on the GfW website, if you are competent with programming of course.
If anyone is unsure of what Prowl does, it displays Push notifications on your iPhone via Growl servers from your Mac/PC... so if you pop away from your PC for a while then this could be a very handy tool for not missing that all important notification.
The PC version of Growl currently has apps like Twitulater (Twitter client) Firefox, System Management, GMail (so basically you can get GMail pushed to your iPhone - schweeeet) and other apps like iTunes and a couple more..
You can also ping your iPhone with text from the Prowl website and it'll display a PUSH notification on the iPhone.
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Posted: 2009-07-08 17:38:20
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On 2009-07-08 01:57:34, carkitter wrote:
Software Testing 101: You can never say there are no defects, just that you haven't found one yet. Once you find one, you can say with certainty that this is not a defect-free environment.
hilarious!, a virus is not a bug or a defect, its a purposely created external program, software testing your own code does not cover code that u didnt even create
i wont even comment on that completely over the top car analogy
anyways lets just end this, the arguments are just getting more circular and ridiculous
you be happy with ur non-jailbroken phone and leave me to be happy with mine, i dont see why u guys are so worked up about a process u dont even want
[ This Message was edited by: NoKia on 2009-07-09 07:50 ]
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Posted: 2009-07-09 08:49:49
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On 2009-07-09 08:49:49, NoKia wrote:
On 2009-07-08 01:57:34, carkitter wrote:
Software Testing 101: You can never say there are no defects, just that you haven't found one yet. Once you find one, you can say with certainty that this is not a defect-free environment.
hilarious!, a virus is not a bug or a defect, its a purposely created external program, software testing your own code does not cover code that u didnt even create
i wont even comment on that completely over the top car analogy
anyways lets just end this, the arguments are just getting more circular and ridiculous
you be happy with ur non-jailbroken phone and leave me to be happy with mine, i dont see why u guys are so worked up about a process u dont even want
[ This Message was edited by: NoKia on 2009-07-09 07:50 ]
I thought you'd catch the principle that you can't rule something out (like a virus) when you can't feasibly check the entire internet for the presence of it, you can only say with certainly it's there once you find it. This principle is in the first chapter of the Software Testing book I'm reading ATM and is borrowed from general scientific testing.
As a qualified mechanic I feel confident to make car analogies.
Up until firmware 3.0, jailbreaking was always an option for me and the question was 'Am I missing out on something important?' but no longer.
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Posted: 2009-07-09 13:59:48
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Off to Lakeside tomorrow to swap over my iPhone - finally!! Booked in for 15:45, damn Bluewater store had zero availability til 18:00. But hopefully, fingers crossed, I should have a spanking new iPhone 3G in my hands tomo
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Posted: 2009-07-10 14:35:53
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Can someone help me, I'm sure I read somewhere that Apple Stores now repair smashed glass on iPhone's in house while you wait, and for free if you are still within the warranty period (and a cost if you are outside it) Someone at work has this unfortunate situation and was just wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of some literature which states this
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Posted: 2009-07-10 15:31:17
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