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> A jail broken/rooted device may not have the same protections since jail breaking is typically circumventing that sort of threat protection. If it was jail-b
by dintech 6y ago
> A jail broken/rooted device may not have the same protections since jail breaking is typically circumventing that sort of threat protection.
If it was jail-breakable, that security was never there in the first place.
- leviathan 6y agoYou are the one who jail-breaks the phone, but now third party apps you install can have much more unprotected access and you cannot be certain what they are doing behind your back.
- anang 6y agoJail breaking is a deliberate and involved process, in some cases something that the manufacturer even allows for. It’s not really the same as a random piece of JavaScript on a webpage jail breaking your phone. I think having a rootable device doesn’t inherently mean your device is insecure.
- ValentineC 6y ago> It’s not really the same as a random piece of JavaScript on a webpage jail breaking your phone. I think having a rootable device doesn’t inherently mean your device is insecure. Heh this was actually the case for a couple of Safari-based jailbreaks, all the way up to 9.3.4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe