On 01/10/2010, at 1:18 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
> Hi Eugene, Ronni, Peter, > > > I would definitely concur with you that one of the reasons that I love Apple > products, is for the generally safe and friendly user experience - however > we still need to apply our own security levels as we see fit: > > I mean, all our computers would be much more secure if we kept wireless and > bluetooth turned "off", but.... > I guess the single important difference between the iPhone and other mobile phone bluetooth environments is that the option to "Browse Device..." is not available under the Mac OS X Bluetooth options, thereby denying access to the iPhone's internal directory structure. Presumably, any third party solution will allow access to ITS particular file structure, but not the rest of the iPhone, so while you can transfer data using these third party solutions, the iPhone remains protected. In a similar way, a properly configured Wi-Fi or bluetooth connection to your computer will not allow access to critical system folders, for that matter, the folders within the various user accounts. Only those folders which you choose to be shareable are accessible. Of course, if you do choose to override the default security settings in these areas, then you take the responsibility. You will also find third party solutions which allow you to do this on your iPhone, but you use them at your own risk. Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
