Apple Intentionally left iOS10 Kernel open for speed

As we reported on Wednesday, reports were coming in that Apple has left the beta of iOS10 ‘open’ for all to see.  It was speculated that the company did this by accident potentially leaving its users open to attack by hackers once iOS10 was officially released this Fall.

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News Web Site TechCrunch contacted Apple about the possible accident, and the company issued a statement which reads:

The kernel cache doesn’t contain any user info, and by unencrypting it we’re able to optimize the operating system’s performance without compromising security.

Apple traditionally obfuscates the kernel in order to protect its prized operating system from unwanted probing or reverse engineering, potentially by nefarious agents. The small risk — or no risk, according to Apple — of furnishing unobscured kernel cache data is likely outweighed by potential benefits.

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