What's Apple response...

Tinchohs · #1 June 17th, 2007, 07:44 PM

I've been following the story of the possibility to develop apps for the iPhone.

As much as I am OK with web-based apps and the story of stability, there is one critical area that it is really a deal breaker for me and the iPhone.

An Electronic Wallet. How are you supposed to be productive with a supper smart phone, if when you are out and about, you cannot have access to critical and confidential information (i.e. Bank Accounts, passwords, PINs, etc.)?

I don't know about you, but to me it's my most critical app in my Smart Phone.

Does anyone know what's Apple planning to do about this?

I exchanged emails with a few wallet developers for the Mac environement that are hands tied about being able to make the applications synch with the iPhone.

Thanks for your guidance! Martin.

**fryke** · #2 June 18th, 2007, 04:47 AM

If you can password protect the iPhone, you could simply have those numbers in a note or a contact field. Not the answer, I know, but maybe a workaround for the first week.

Tinchohs · #3 June 18th, 2007, 12:55 PM

But, the challenge I assume is that what ever password the phone has (if it has), will not be high security, and having all my data available it's kind of risky.

If it was a thing of a few weeks, I would certainly not mind. My concern is how long it will take for Apple to have a solution like this, if they are planning one at all.

Thanks, Martin.

DeltaMac · #4 June 18th, 2007, 03:14 PM

You're making some grand assumptions! What makes you think that the security protection on the iPhone will _not_ be at same level as that used in OS X itself?

Tinchohs · #5 June 18th, 2007, 03:33 PM

That would be an a possibility. This way I would be able to use a wallet that transfers to the iPod, and use the OS security to protect my data.

Do you have any pointers that might lead to the phone having the same OS security than OSX?

Thanks.

**fryke** · #6 June 18th, 2007, 03:54 PM

The fact that it is running OS X is a good pointer.

Tinchohs · #7 June 18th, 2007, 04:03 PM

It actually is. I guess I was thrown-off by the fact that the security I am used to seeing in a phone is a simple password approach. But might very well be the case that in the iPhone it's better.

**fryke** · #8 June 18th, 2007, 04:19 PM

well... more or less, os x security is also "simply password based". but i'd at least wait and see how it'd work and how you can work it. we haven't seen anything security-related about the iPhone just yet.