This column turned out to be based on quotes taken out of context by our source. The actual facts of the matter, put back in context, can be found here.
In a sort of left-handed warning, an Australian security maven has warned that the iPhone presents the corporate computing world with increased security risks. Chris Gatford, of Pure Hacking, says that, “We're going to find a lot of executives using the iPhone's push e-mail to combine their personal and business messages... combined with the ever-increasing use [on the iPhone] of Web 2.0 applications, there are a lot of vulnerabilities."
Chris further states that, “Like it or not, there's about to be a whole lot more risks for a lot of organizations.” and “Wi-Fi spots aren't encrypted ... nor is a great amount of the information you receive from Web 2.0 applications." Further, he says that use of the phone will increase as data plan prices fall, increasing the vulnerability.
I don't have an iPhone, although I am considering one. I'm can't be considered an iPhone fan. But all of this noise by Gatford seems like a way for him to get some publicity out of the hysteria of the iPhone 3G release. Nothing in his statement address any specific issues with the iPhone alone. They hold true, if they hold true at all, for all interest enabled telephones, when used in specific ways.
An apt analogy would be, “More cars on the road will result in more death and injury, so Volkswagon Jettas are bad.” Mr. Gatford, and Pure Hacking, would seem to get a "FAIL" on this one, or at least a “poorly thought-out.”
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A few days ago, we published a story involving Chris Gatford of Pure Hacking in Australia and the iPhone. You can find that story here. Although the story was based on words actually uttered by Gatford, those words were apparently... [Read More]
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