tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post7710439734125124456..comments2023-10-24T10:09:22.146+01:00Comments on The Yorkshire Ranter: iWorm - a truly social virusAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-37036569562780064062009-11-17T19:06:45.625+01:002009-11-17T19:06:45.625+01:00well, this is the question, innit? didn’t make sen...well, this is the question, innit? didn’t make sense to me either, but then the exploit is crafted to find people who wouldn’t ask that question.<br /><br />Apparently some of the canned jailbreak techniques amount to getting the ssh daemon onto the phone, logging in with the default pwd, and then doing everything else via ssh. if this is available as a script that you just upload to the thing and run, I can see why clueless users might get into trouble.<br /><br />if you read the original article, someone quoted points out that current jailbreaks don’t use ssh, but then the target profile isn’t “system administrator who keeps everything obsessively up to date” is it?<br /><br />@charlie: I do not approve of viruses. I am also tebbly concerned and fraffly serious. Can I laugh now?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17153530634675543954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-64726726840103544012009-11-16T09:46:56.855+01:002009-11-16T09:46:56.855+01:00I'm confused. Why install sshd on your iphone ...I'm confused. Why install sshd on your iphone when all you need is an ssh client? And if you do install it, why enable it?Sam Dodsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534273379447820097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467119.post-28177588946494052262009-11-15T16:39:27.667+01:002009-11-15T16:39:27.667+01:00The group of hipsters (that is, people who annoy y...The group of hipsters (that is, people who annoy you) might well intersect with the group of owners of jailbroken but unsecured iPhones, but I'm not sure that coming up with something like iWorm is therefore justified or, for that matter, the most effective way to spoil a hipster's day.<br /><br />I'd tend to go with the worthy T. H. Huxley on this one: "The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I do not believe that it is other than a very valuable possession, however infinitesimal its quantity may be. Indeed, if a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?"<br /><br />And conclude that writing viruses etc. is just a scummy thing to do.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826138422295088290noreply@blogger.com