Blah, blah, blah...*IT junkies nerding out* :-D
On 17 February 2013 17:04, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: > on 2013-02-17 1:40 Larry Colen wrote > >> >> 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. > > > good thought, that could be a factor in the lack of a generally open file > system; but within the narrower scope of what you can copy to the iOS device > (only image files, and only to the sandboxed file store for specific apps), > there'd be no such threat from being able to copy the same files in the > opposite direction > > more likely it's a desire to manage the user experience, though it means > forcing users to copy via iTunes, which is far from the best of Apple's UX > work > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
