“Apple is working on a whole new level of security for both iOS and the Mac, according to a recently published report,” Oliver Haslam reports for Redmond Pie.With Apple continuing its fight against jailbreaking, the new security aims to strike a blow to that community as a whole.”
“The unnamed sources told the publication that the new system, which can apparently be disabled on the Mac but is mandatory on iOS, will deal a huge blow to jailbreaks with Apple said to be ‘particularly enthusiastic’” about its work,” Haslam reports. “The technology, named ‘Rootless’ inside Apple, is aimed at preventing even administrator-level users from gaining access to certain file systems on an iPhone, iPad or Mac – though it’s believed that it can be disabled on the company’s desktop OS.”
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“To prevent malware, increase the safety of extensions, and preserve the security of sensitive data, Rootless will prevent even administrative-level users from being able to access certain protected files on Apple devices,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac. “Sources say that Rootless will be a heavy blow to the jailbreak community on iOS, though it can supposedly be disabled on OS X. Even with this Rootless feature coming to OS X, sources say that the standard Finder-based file system is not going away this year.”
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MacDailyNews Take: With medical, payment, and other sensitive information now on our devices, security and privacy trump what is/would be lost without the ability to jailbreak devices.