I hear a lot of talk about Jailbreaking and safety but they are all about the fact that your phone could be bricked. I have jailbroken once and I am convinced that it is safe to do and will not harm the phone, but my concern is security. You are allowing programs to access the file system which means any program can access any file on the phone. What's stopping an app from recording your keystrokes and sending them to the creator? What's stopping an app from stealing your contacts and doing the same? pictures? etc... Are these apps tested for things like this? And even so do you trust that? I mean this was all created by "hackers" in the first place right?
Plus, after you jailbreak, if you leave ssh open I hear someone can get in this way. I have read that you should change the ssh password but no one says how to do this? If I had enough money I would get an iPod touch and jailbreak it just for playing around but for now I'm staying safe with my iPhone un-jailbroken. There is too much personal info on a phone to be doing this to. If anyone has any info on this topic please post. Everytime I search for "iphone jailbreak safety" or security etc.. all I see are posts to the effect of "will it break my phone?" and nothing about the safety of your personal data.
thanks
Plus, after you jailbreak, if you leave ssh open I hear someone can get in this way. I have read that you should change the ssh password but no one says how to do this? If I had enough money I would get an iPod touch and jailbreak it just for playing around but for now I'm staying safe with my iPhone un-jailbroken. There is too much personal info on a phone to be doing this to. If anyone has any info on this topic please post. Everytime I search for "iphone jailbreak safety" or security etc.. all I see are posts to the effect of "will it break my phone?" and nothing about the safety of your personal data.
thanks