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Originally Posted by wizwor
All security is marketing. Nothing is secure. Really.
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That has always been my opinion. I used Windows and the internet for many years without Norton or other stuff running in the background. 3.1 to Windows 7. Never got a virus or malware.
Use some common sense and it'll never be a problem.
@Fat Abe: Apple released a security fix to OS X Leopard in 2012. The oldest systems it supported were the 1999 G4 machines which could shoehorn it in. I think as far as huge security upgrades go, we'll continue to see them on Leopard+ as up until late 2009, Macs were still being shipped with it. Flash and Java are the big problems right now, and they're both on their way out.
Every iPhone up to the 4 (not 4S) has a bootrom exploit. Meaning that Apple would have to revise/patch the hardware itself to make it secure. Not going to happen when it's only possible to get that far in the system with a Device Firmware Upgrade, meaning by plugging the device into a computer and running software on it after you put it in that mode anyway.
Apple will always fix a "Master Key" bug otherwise. It just hasn't been something that has come up yet since iOS gets many updates throughout its lifecycle.