I know I'll get flamed, but to any of you Apple fanatics that believe you are secure because Apple builds great software.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/ubuntu-lucid-lynx-1004-can-read-your-iphones-secrets/8424?tag=nl.e540


Oucch

Note it's not just Lucid Linux, any Ubuntu flavor.

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1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

Apple will do a software update to flummox Ubuntu, who will come up with a workaround, later to be undone by Apple, etc. The beat goes on...

It makes sense that the iPhone is a target, since it does have huge marketshare.

I plug my samsung into the USB port and my computer sees it just like another HD. What's the big deal?

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The point is not that someone hacked, or marketshare, this was not a hack.
Just a HUGE hole, just plug it in and go.



If you put a PIN on the iPhone it is supposed to protect your data. My Windows Mobile (4 or 5 an antique) phone will not open up via USB until I enter the password.

Not vey good for the corporate market, which Apple has been pushing.

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KLK, MCSE

1990 500SL

I was always taught to respect my elders.
I don't have to respect too many people anymore.

I remember when Novell first shipped. There were like default accounts with no password and all versions of Unix had an unshadowed password file. Heck before that you could even gain root through FTP.

You'd think they would have learned something by now.

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Never keep critical info on any phone. I don't even bother locking my iphone, it doesn't help and punching in the code is a PITA.