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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."

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  1. Re:Far Less than OS X by Tom · · Score: 0, Troll

    > To be fair, do any phones offer anti-phishing on the device?
    >
    > Do users of any other phone need it?

    Only the part that constantly brags about how their smartphone of choice has this one important feature that the iPhone doesn't, and therefore it is superior in every way.

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  2. But...but... by dreamchaser · · Score: 0, Troll

    But it's Apple! I thought everything from Apple was considered magically delicious here. Now I'm confused :(

  3. Re:Far Less than OS X by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's spelled intensive purposes.

  4. Re:Far Less than OS X by MMC+Monster · · Score: 0, Troll

    Also, no one in their right mind uses Windows Mobile to browse the internet. :-)

    Seriously, though, given the percentage of iPhone users that actually use Mobile Safari (much higher than any other single mobile device), they really should get phishing protection like a desktop. Wasn't there a /. article a while back about people using iPhones as their only computer?

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  5. Re:Far Less than OS X by david_thornley · · Score: 0, Troll

    Most phones either don't provide a web browser, or provide one so painful that nobody's going to use it long enough to get phished. With that protection, who needs specific anti-phishing measures?

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  6. Who cares? by Stone+Wolf99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Iphone security is already a joke. There's no anti-virus, firewall, or malware protection of any sort. Get a keylogger on one and any competent hack could bankrupt by buying up Itunes, the first time the owner buys anything on the app stores or itunes. That doesn't even count what could happen if someone were to actually make a purchase at an actual website with the thing. Apple is more worried about protecting the phone from people who want to put their own applications and themes on it, than they are with making it secure. Go figure.