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6charlong · 04-15-2010, 01:14 AM

I was reading the book Fatal System Error today and it occurred to me that I haven't seen an antivirus or firewall App for the iPad. I originally thought of the iPad as a book reader and with iBook and Marvel it does that job very well, but I'm finding that I use Safari almost as much as the reader programs so I have to wonder how secure it is.

Of course, the iPad is new but it doesn't seem to take hackers very long to crack hardware, operating systems and/or software. Should I be worried? Apple doesn't say anything (nothing I could find anyway) on their site about iPad security. What do the rest of you think? Will there be security apps coming soon? Or do we need them?

04-15-2010, 01:14 AM	#1
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	Should I Be Worried? I was reading the book Fatal System Error today and it occurred to me that I haven't seen an antivirus or firewall App for the iPad. I originally thought of the iPad as a book reader and with iBook and Marvel it does that job very well, but I'm finding that I use Safari almost as much as the reader programs so I have to wonder how secure it is. Of course, the iPad is new but it doesn't seem to take hackers very long to crack hardware, operating systems and/or software. Should I be worried? Apple doesn't say anything (nothing I could find anyway) on their site about iPad security. What do the rest of you think? Will there be security apps coming soon? Or do we need them?