Comments on: iPhoners be afraid, be very afraid…maybe http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:21:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: CTSLICK http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-79328 CTSLICK Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:00:05 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-79328 Based on this premise the Windows Mobile platform and the Blackberry platforms should be rife with hacker induced nightmares...yet they are not. Based on this premise the Windows Mobile platform and the Blackberry platforms should be rife with hacker induced nightmares…yet they are not.

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]]> By: ohmy http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78639 ohmy Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:03:31 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78639 mmm i guess so...but dun really think anything major will happen...just wait n see :-) mmm i guess so…but dun really think anything major will happen…just wait n see :-)

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]]> By: Jeff B. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78568 Jeff B. Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:28:17 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78568 I'm not sayin' it will absolutely happen, I mean yea it is easier to get one with Windows since it doesn't have to be a signed WM app...oh wait yes it does (which really sucks since all the good ones aren't signed apps.)...for it to work but it's just computers and the way this stuff works. But it does help when the phone has a firewall...if they could just make a phone-sized spy/virus sweeper/scanner then we'd all be set. But I have had no Tilting problems so far. I’m not sayin’ it will absolutely happen, I mean yea it is easier to get one with Windows since it doesn’t have to be a signed WM app…oh wait yes it does (which really sucks since all the good ones aren’t signed apps.)…for it to work but it’s just computers and the way this stuff works.

But it does help when the phone has a firewall…if they could just make a phone-sized spy/virus sweeper/scanner then we’d all be set.

But I have had no Tilting problems so far.

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]]> By: Simon http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78479 Simon Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:15:44 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78479 Hey Apple, Welcome to the social bitch's... Lol... The reason I think apple will fall prey to virii is because of the "can't touch me" attitude... Then again, the only time I ever had a virus was when my g/f downloaded one by accident... Hey Apple, Welcome to the social bitch’s… Lol… The reason I think apple will fall prey to virii is because of the “can’t touch me” attitude… Then again, the only time I ever had a virus was when my g/f downloaded one by accident…

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]]> By: Galvatron http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78294 Galvatron Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:11:22 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78294 arogence an self awareness seldom go hand in hand now carpple will have to relese som real security upadtes instead of crap that disables your 3rd party apps an relocks your phone wake up call arogence an self awareness seldom go hand in hand now carpple will have to relese som real security upadtes instead of crap that disables your 3rd party apps an relocks your phone wake up call

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]]> By: Dtest54 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78191 Dtest54 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:03:54 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78191 Jeff B., you've done it you have turned into a Tilt Troll. Every comment you make now is negative unless its Tilt related. Atleast Galvatron doesnt bash everything, just Apple. Jeff B., you’ve done it you have turned into a Tilt Troll. Every comment you make now is negative unless its Tilt related. Atleast Galvatron doesnt bash everything, just Apple.

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]]> By: Jeff B. http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78137 Jeff B. Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:14:47 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78137 HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Oh, my Tilt is great, no problems with it at all. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Oh, my Tilt is great, no problems with it at all.

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]]> By: mark http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78105 mark Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:08:04 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78105 Maybe, like in your headline. Those dopes think that just because it happens to Windows, it will happen to Apple. But these security firms and pundits have been wrong time and again with the Mac OS X, so what's another try as they've got nothing to lose. I'm not saying we shouldn't always be aware, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over this. Maybe, like in your headline.

Those dopes think that just because it happens to Windows, it will happen to Apple. But these security firms and pundits have been wrong time and again with the Mac OS X, so what’s another try as they’ve got nothing to lose. I’m not saying we shouldn’t always be aware, but I wouldn’t lose any sleep over this.

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]]> By: ardaz http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78091 ardaz Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:33:31 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78091 Well you went and fell for it Mathias. If you carefully read the report, it contains the giveaways.... 'could lead to', 'might well' and various empty assertions. It's one of those typical posts that have iPhone in the leader and then go on to speak about the 10 or 20,000 real world virus's released this year which were for - yes, you guessed it... Windows. But they never mention that fact. It's all empty crap, just so they can say 'I told you so' when it does happen - sometime around 2015 maybe. They've been saying it louder and louder almost every month since OSX was released... it's pathetic. They have no idea whatsoever about Macs and OSX but just assume it's the same crapola game as Winblows. Well you went and fell for it Mathias. If you carefully read the report, it contains the giveaways…. ‘could lead to’, ‘might well’ and various empty assertions. It’s one of those typical posts that have iPhone in the leader and then go on to speak about the 10 or 20,000 real world virus’s released this year which were for – yes, you guessed it… Windows. But they never mention that fact.
It’s all empty crap, just so they can say ‘I told you so’ when it does happen – sometime around 2015 maybe. They’ve been saying it louder and louder almost every month since OSX was released… it’s pathetic. They have no idea whatsoever about Macs and OSX but just assume it’s the same crapola game as Winblows.

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]]> By: Don http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78070 Don Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:38:57 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78070 And you might also be hit by lightning, get in a car wreck, have a boulder fall on you, be a victim of a nuclear "event," get lead poisoning from a Chinese toy, etc. It would seem that Mr. Kristensen's goal is to manipulate and terrorize. He's doing the same thing as bin Laden--keeping people in a a state of fear. What do you want, a list of colors to display showing the potential of being attacked by miniature unmanned planes or poisoned pens? Too bad you're more interested in inducing fear rather than providing solutions. You should be ashamed. And you might also be hit by lightning, get in a car wreck, have a boulder fall on you, be a victim of a nuclear “event,” get lead poisoning from a Chinese toy, etc.

It would seem that Mr. Kristensen’s goal is to manipulate and terrorize. He’s doing the same thing as bin Laden–keeping people in a a state of fear. What do you want, a list of colors to display showing the potential of being attacked by miniature unmanned planes or poisoned pens?

Too bad you’re more interested in inducing fear rather than providing solutions.

You should be ashamed.

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]]> By: Dtest54 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78061 Dtest54 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78061 Also all officially released apps that come from the SDK will have a digital signature, they must be approved by apple. Also all officially released apps that come from the SDK will have a digital signature, they must be approved by apple.

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]]> By: Dtest54 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78060 Dtest54 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:00:17 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78060 People say these things every time Apple puts out a new OS. They also say that Leopard will be a target for hackers. I'm always sceptical when these predictions come from people that work for a security company that has to sell security software. Mathias your poor attempt at shocking readers is lame because this is nothing new and your just quoting a blog with no major sources other than two very very small security firm employees. Lame. People say these things every time Apple puts out a new OS. They also say that Leopard will be a target for hackers.
I’m always sceptical when these predictions come from people that work for a security company that has to sell security software.
Mathias your poor attempt at shocking readers is lame because this is nothing new and your just quoting a blog with no major sources other than two very very small security firm employees.

Lame.

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]]> By: argonnj http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/comment-page-1/#comment-78059 argonnj Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:56:55 +0000 http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2007/12/15/iphoners-be-afraid-be-very-afraidmaybe/#comment-78059 That's what sometimes happens with freeware. Stick to pay sites like Handango or others and you will be unlikely to get stung by this. That’s what sometimes happens with freeware. Stick to pay sites like Handango or others and you will be unlikely to get stung by this.

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