Not having used an iPhone, but if the SIM was removed from the device, would 
that not disable the ability to perform a remote wipe? 

-----Original Message-----
From: S Powell [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 10 February 2011 17:10
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: IPhone attack reveals passwords in six minutes

two words.

remote wipe.

Yep, big security issue, but if someone has physical control of your device, 
any device,  you should always consider it compromised.




@THIS STATMENT IS VERIFIABLY INCORRECT



On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 08:40, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:
> What I don't know is if this phone OS is any worse than anything else 
> in use. Anyone care to comment?:
>
>
>
> "Among passwords that could be revealed were those for Google Mail as 
> an MS Exchange account, other MS Exchange accounts, LDAP accounts, 
> voicemail, VPN passwords, WiFi passwords and some App passwords"
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>
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9208920/IPhone_attack_reveals_p
> asswords_in_six_minutes?taxonomyId=85
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