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mhughes on July 3, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Root vulnerability found in iPhone OS, exploitable...

>For starters, the stripped-down version of the OS presents fewer options for attackers, removing applications and features such as support for Adobe Flash and Java, which they might otherwise be able to exploit for vulnerabilities.

What does that even mean? It would be more vulnerable if it had Java installed?

sneakums on July 3, 2009 | [–]

More code, more bugs. More bugs, more vulnerabilities.

blasdel on July 3, 2009 | [–]

Considering the ridiculous number of exploits based on "Quicktime for Java", I wouldn't bet against it...

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