On Thu, July 30, 2015 14:20, Warren Young wrote: > > Did you see my exchange with James Byrne? His bogus counter to my > claim that iPads can’t be turned into botnet conscripts was to point > (very indirectly) to a paper where some researchers found a way to > jump through a whole bunch of hoops to bypass all the security Apple > had placed in the path of app sideloading. > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/17/apple_hosed_boffins_drop_0day_mac_ios_research_blitzkrieg/ http://www.lifehacker.co.uk/2015/06/17/the-deadly-0-day-flaws-in-ios-and-os-x-apple-would-prefer-to-ignore https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3a68wt/passwordkiller_0days_for_ios_and_os_x/ http://www.applenewscenter.com/2015/06/17/apple-cored-boffins-reveal-password-killer-0-days-for-ios-and-os-x/ Evidently not quite so bogus. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3