maltz

I'd much rather have a cross-platform HDMI port.

twolf2919 said:

As most attacks, this requires you - at the very least - to download and run an app of unknown origin.  Don't do that.

Well, it's not always that simple.  A couple of times a year there's a security issue that allows arbitrary code execution when processing an image or some other type of data - sometimes already in the wild.  If your un-patched phone visits a website with such malicious content, or sometimes even receive a text containing it, you've "downloaded an app of unknown origin" and run it without even knowing it.

VictorMortimer said:

Because the reality is that this can be hidden just about anywhere in a closed source app, and your precious app store can't protect you.

Sure it can - to a point.  The app store definitely scans app code for malicious activity such as this.  It's a cat-and-mouse game, though, as malware tries to obfuscate what it's doing.  So it's not perfect, but it's far from useless.

All these articles about using old Time Machines or Airports are horrible advice.  These devices were officially EoL'ed years ago, and hadn't received much attention for years before that.  They've got to be riddled with unpatched security issues.