Agreed.

 - WJR


On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:37, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Makes it less useful for the assailant, too.  Unless their primary purpose
> was simply data recovery.
>
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> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:32 PM, William Robbins <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Or, just go in and set it to "Airplane Mode."  No network, no remote wipe.
>>
>>  - WJR
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:21, Ames Matthew B <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>  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"
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9208920/IPhone_attack_reveals_p
>>> > asswords_in_six_minutes?taxonomyId=85
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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