Re: Implications of Jail breaking ipod/iphones

[Russell Fulton <r.fulton () AUCKLAND AC NZ>]

On 22/07/2009, at 12:41 PM, Russell Fulton wrote:

> I have had several people ask me about this and I have tried  googling
> around the area but most the stuff I have found consists of lists of
> dos and don'ts with little or no background info.
>
> The basic question is what are the security implications of jail
> breaking your iphone?

Thanks very much to all of you who took the time to share your thought
on this one.

By and large you have confirmed what I had expected:

1/ Apple overstates the issue (of course).
2/ the built in security model does provide some real and useful
protection.
3/ a jail broken iphone in the hands of someone who is careful and
know what they are doing is not much different to a PC.
4/ an incautious novice can very easily shoot them selves in the both
feet (hmm... that isnt much different to a PC either ;).


So I think my advice will be: don't jailbreak your phone unless:
a/ you have a really good reason to (i.e. it gets you something that
out weighs the increased risk)
b/ you know what you are doing and are both tech and security savy.

Thanks again for all the wonderful input.

Russell