On Nov 23, 2016, at 08:52, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 23, 2016, at 7:52 AM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The Consumerist had an article pointing out how easy it is to unlock phones >> [1]. This could be a good thing for me because I travel out of the country >> for work, and it would be nice to drop a replacement SIM card in my phone >> instead of paying highway-robbery prices for even minimal out-of-country >> roaming packages. >> >> Here's the question: I was under the impression that unlocking an iPhone >> would make it less secure, and one of the reasons that I'd rather have an >> iPhone than an Android device is because of the security. >> >> Is this true? Is unlocking an iPhone a bad idea? I have a hard time >> separating the wheat from the chaff [2] when reading online; others here >> might have more knowledge. > > I think it depends on what you mean by unlocking. There are three terms here > that some people get confused and this leads to false junk on the Web.
Ahh... that's my confusion, also. I was mixing up 'unlocking' (as in unbinding from a carrier) with 'jailbreaking'. > > When I hear about unlocking a phone, I think of removing the restrictions > that tie it to a particular carrier like AT&T or T-Mobile. This can be done > to any phone that’s fulfilled the contractual stuff with which a carrier has > burdened the account. I do not see how this would make the phone much less > secure and I’ve never seen it even being speculated. Have you seen anything > saying otherwise? No, but I was sloppy in my reading, because I was treating the term as the same as 'jailbreaking'. Now I understand. Thanks, Bill > > Unlocking in the sense of opening it with your fingerprint or password is a > security thing. If someone is able to get around the fingerprint or password, > they can do pretty much anything they want with your phone. That’s what the > FBI wants to do with phones and they’re making a big stink about how hard it > is and how they have some sort of God-given right to root around in our > personal information. That’s why I have a long and weird password for my > phone. > > I’ve heard jailbreaking called unlocking. This is when the security built > into iOS is purposely broken so non-Apple-blessed software from anywhere can > be installed on the phone. Jailbreaking is definitely a security problem. By > its very nature it has to break all sorts of security features. > > Happy TG, > > L^2 > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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