On Feb 16, 2013, at 11:07 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2013-02-14 16:47 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote >> This is because iOS does not support external file systems, which >> cannot be sandboxed. A sandboxed file system promotes security and >> minimizes virus attacks, particularly important in mobile devices. > > iOS does support external file systems, just in specific limited ways; one > can copy certain types of files from an SD card _to_ an iOS device (which is > the direction with security implications), but not _from_ the iOS device back > to an SD card (or other storage) > > i can't fathom any security explanation for this restriction
The security of the cash flow to the iTunes store. If you could copy songs off of your iOS device, you could share them with friends more easily, and they wouldn't have to give money to Apple to buy the songs themselves. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
