IPhone 11 Trusted Root Certificate Download?

My IPhone 11 has info on Certificate trust store version but no info on the Trusted root Certificate installed on my IPhone 11. I’ve been the victim of constant malware, spyware and hacking of my IPhone 11 for years now through some backdoor process!!. Is there a way to manually download an Apple Trusted Root Store Certificate to ensure my IPhone’s integrity against cyber criminals? PLEASE ANY ADVIICE on repairing my IPhone 11 is much appreciated as I have been a victim of malicious IOS cloning and group stalking! Thank you! AM

iPhone 11

Posted on Jul 10, 2023 1:50 PM

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Posted on Jul 10, 2023 1:53 PM

Your iPhone has all of the root certificates it needs. Your phone has never had malware or spyware unless you jailbroke it or installed a profile to allow use of an app that you got from a website instead of the App Store.


If you are not familiar with what a root certificate is, here is the long explanation:


In simple terms, The permanent built in Trust Store contains the digital signatures of issuers of the SSL certificates that are used to encrypt access to websites and email servers. There are billions of SSL certificates in use around the world. They are issued by a relatively small number of agencies and companies (called Certificate Authorities, or CAs), who, as part of the process of issuing the certificate, verifies that the site is legitimate. When you visit a website the certificate from that site is sent to your browser. Your browser then verifies that the certificate was issued by one of the agencies whose signature is in the Trust Store. If the signature is not in the trust store you see a warning that the site may not be what it seems. The Trust Store is updated as part of an iOS update. It will change whenever the list of certificate authorities changes, which is very rare. The Trust Store version is actually the date and time the trust store contents were last updated. So, for example, version 2023032800 was last updated on March 28, 2023 at midnight.


The trust store version has absolutely nothing to do with security vulnerabilities. If you keep your Apple product updated to the latest version of MacOS or iOS it will be protected against all known vulnerabilities, despite whatever mis-information has been posted in the forum. 

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Jul 10, 2023 1:53 PM in response to ashmishra

Your iPhone has all of the root certificates it needs. Your phone has never had malware or spyware unless you jailbroke it or installed a profile to allow use of an app that you got from a website instead of the App Store.


If you are not familiar with what a root certificate is, here is the long explanation:


In simple terms, The permanent built in Trust Store contains the digital signatures of issuers of the SSL certificates that are used to encrypt access to websites and email servers. There are billions of SSL certificates in use around the world. They are issued by a relatively small number of agencies and companies (called Certificate Authorities, or CAs), who, as part of the process of issuing the certificate, verifies that the site is legitimate. When you visit a website the certificate from that site is sent to your browser. Your browser then verifies that the certificate was issued by one of the agencies whose signature is in the Trust Store. If the signature is not in the trust store you see a warning that the site may not be what it seems. The Trust Store is updated as part of an iOS update. It will change whenever the list of certificate authorities changes, which is very rare. The Trust Store version is actually the date and time the trust store contents were last updated. So, for example, version 2023032800 was last updated on March 28, 2023 at midnight.


The trust store version has absolutely nothing to do with security vulnerabilities. If you keep your Apple product updated to the latest version of MacOS or iOS it will be protected against all known vulnerabilities, despite whatever mis-information has been posted in the forum. 

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