All articles tagged , Accessories, iPhone, iPod touch, Security

If you own an iPhone or iPod touch then you know what an eye magnet it can be out in the wild. As soon as you pull it out and start flicking photos or pinching web pages, a small crowd of rubber-neckers begins to form around you like a bathtub ring. It’s a nuisance. Now you can enjoy more privacy in such situations by shielding your screen from wandering eyes. The Privacy Screen from Case-mate is a vinyl, static cling film that sticks to your screen without impeding its touch response. The Privacy Screen provides multi-directional, crystal clear viewing for you while displaying a blacked out screen to others trying to see what you are doing.
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Macworld recently ran a story about hackers and the iPhone. Up until now, most of the iPhone hacks in the news have focused on unlocking and adding third party applications, with almost no coverage given to the potential security holes in the iPhone platform. No doubt that hackers are already working on damaging iPhone attacks just for bragging rights, if no other reason. This threat is compounded by consumer demand that Apple open the iPhone to allow the installation of third party apps, a demand which Steve Jobs has yielded to by promising an SDK early next year.

As iPhone owners, what should we look forward to in 2008? An endless series of firmware updates containing security patches? Or will the iPhone enjoy the same safety record that the Mac desktop has had as compared to the numbers of attacks on Windows computers?

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With the award-winning 1Passwd password manager you don’t have to worry about your passwords getting jacked if your iPhone or iPod touch is stolen. 1Passwd (for Mac) secures all of your confidential information, including passwords, identities, and credit cards, which is kept in one secure place provided by Apple’s OS X Keychain. 1Passwd is packed with many other features including .Mac syncing, anti-phishing, and auto-form fillers which saves a lot of tapping.
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