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Right now this article is how great iOS is. I think we should add some criticism here, like in Android security Stumbling9655 (talk) 20:45, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We should definitely add more criticism to this page. Especially about practice of giving iMessage and other Apple-bassed apps excessively high system privileges instead of the proper sanboxing, that allows malwares like Pegasus execute 0-click exploits. Tisykfylde (talk) 10:45, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and also about shared WebKit across all apps. That's a HUGE security concern, that was mentioned 0 times in this page. Tisykfylde (talk) 10:53, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We shouldn't be deliberately adding criticism for the sake of adding criticism. Then there would be two NPOV problems. Information should be covered proportionally to how it appears in the sources and sorted by topic. Just provide the facts without saying whether they're good or bad. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 04:25, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Thebiguglyalien The problem is cherry picked facts. And it's good to have editors with different opinions, no? Stumbling9655 (talk) 05:13, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The point is not to add criticism for the sake of criticism. The point is to show the real state of the system's security, without rose-colored glasses, to avoid spreading misinformation and evoking a sense of false security among its users.

As for the sources, this articles discuss why shared WebKit is a serious vulnerability that has already been exploited in many zero-day exploits, and why Apple's low-transparency policy regarding security issues creates numerous problems:

https://medium.com/@techscribecentral/apples-webkit-exploit-a-deep-dive-into-cve-2025-24201-and-its-implications-e4e770873dbb

These articles mention how deep integration of iMessage and similar apps into the ios system, along with their extensive complexity, has lead to vulnerability exploits. And how Apple is trying to fix that:

https://www.protectstar.com/en/blog/iphone-zero-click-exploits-how-they-work-and-how-to-protect-yourself

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-imessage-security-improvements/ Tisykfylde (talk) 14:35, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]