Are all the worriers discussing this in this thread all Windows users/sufferers?
iOS and all of Apple's devices are a closed system. AKA called sand boxing.
Apps do not talk to each other. If your worried about security when using a web browser, if your using a wireless router that has security features and firewall features active, this IS your security.
So if I go to Starbucks I need to get the coffee guy to reconfigure the firewall?
iOS devices, to date, have not been hacked and individual apps have not been hacked.
The only way for sensitive data to get to anyone is if you transmit the data through the Web on an unsecure website or website/s that do not have security certificates or separate secure area of their website/s.
Apple mobile devices and iOS have been with us for almost 5 years, now.
If someone wanted to hack these devices, it would've happened already.
Google "Charlie Miller". He recently hacked iOS. There have been many others to do it too.
I know apple are quick to react to bugs and make quality products.
But iOS has like 5 billion apps. You think apple can security test them all.
Look at all the security flaws and virus present using the Android mobile OS.
It's riddled with security issues and viruses on Android on becoming as rampant as they are on a Windows computer!
The scenario in the mobile device world is going to be the same as it is in the computing world.
Apple products will end up being the more reliable, stable, easy to use and secure devices and OS to use while mobile devices that run other OSes, like Android, are going to be least reliable and secure.
This is already playing itself out!
Just enjoy using your Apple devices everyone.
No need to panic. There is nothing to see, here
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I'm not here to talk about other products, i just think iOS will be more secure if there is a firewall option.
Merry xmas.