After the question raised by erica in class today about whether or not jailbreaking allows other to hack your phone, I thought I should do some research on the topic.
“Your iPhone can be hacked if you jailbreak it, open messages from people you don’t know, plug your iPhone into charging stations with malicious software, and other ways.”
– https://www.payetteforward.com/can-an-iphone-be-hacked-yes-heres-the-fix/
This article does not really provide me with any concrete reasons as to why jailbreaking puts my phone more at risk aside from saying these apps “bypasses a lot of the security rules”.
Apple’s security folks don’t play a role in reviewing code of non-iTunes App Store software so you must rely on developers to police their own code for potential security vulnerabilities. There is also the risk of malware developers creating iPhone-specific viruses, spyware, and other malware disguised as legitimate apps. If you do jailbreak your iPhone you should change the root password as soon as the jailbreak is complete or you may be the victim of a hack sooner than you think.
– https://www.lifewire.com/is-jailbreaking-your-iphone-safe-2487326
This article deals a bit more with the actual threats and what to do about it. I should look into this root password business.
THIS ARTICLE NEXT https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/iphone/is-jailbreaking-my-iphone-or-ipad-safe-3491721/
