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Watered Down Phishing Protection In IPhone OS 3.1?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-feel-better-already dept.

CrazyCanucklehead writes "Security Researcher Michael Sutton discusses his findings when looking at the advertised anti-phishing features in the recently released iPhone OS 3.1. It turns out that the protection is far less than what is provided in OS X and the feature may not provide any protection at all."

3 of 98 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Your official guide to the jigaboo presidency by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd mod your black ass up if I could

  2. Re:Far Less than OS X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No it isn't; the expression is "for all intents and purposes". "For all intensive purposes" just sounds like nonsense.

  3. Re:Far Less than OS X by david_thornley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nonsense? An intensive purpose is one that's clearly focused. Doing something with the aim of getting to a particular movie theater is an intensive purpose. Doing something with the aim of promoting world peace is not. Now, it seems to me that one intensive purpose is unlikely to have much to do with another one, and so there really wouldn't be many things to generalize over them, but other people seem to disagree.

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