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Metasploit 3.7 Hacks Apple iOS
An anonymous reader writes "HD Moore is at it again. This time the famous open source security researcher has set his sights on exploiting Apple iOS. The Metasploit 3.7 release includes 35 new attack modules in total."
In terms of marketing and product design, I give them an "A-".
In terms of good citizenship in the computing community, I give Apple a "D-".
1. Assemble commodity hardware, make it look pretty,
2. Play on people's emotional-social needs and fears of computers (i.e. appeal to sense of belonging, user-friendliness),
3. Beg/borrow/steal Free software (be sure to act surprised and/or indignant when points out a GPL violation) and
4. Mark it way up.
They've certainly innovated, but their biggest innovations are the ones that allow them to become ever more proprietary and aggressive in their approach. They're a throwback to the 1980s, where fragmentation characterized the industry. Drunk with power, their ultimate vision for computing is a fully Apple-vetted "app store" for all their devices, allowing them to dictate what gets installed, and to scrape a commission from every application out there.
The more closed, the better.
It's mildly surprising that "joe six pack" has fallen for this, but it's simply demoralizing that supposedly intelligent and reasonable people have fallen for the hype. I guess giving you a unix-like system with a terminal window is enough to make it cool? Really?
We've all spent the better part of the last decade bashing Microsoft (and rightfully so), but in terms of evil intent, it's obvious who the real thugs are anymore. Microsoft is no longer the real Evil Empire, so I guess that's news...
(Posting anonymously because there are enough rabid fanbois around here anymore...)