Apple + Security & Privacy

While you can use the iPhone to make phone calls, and get Internet access via the telephone network (3G or EDGE), you can also use the device to connect to any wireless 802.11x network, just as you’d connect your laptop to a wifi network. Yet iPhone users may not realize that connecting to such networks, and transferring data with no protection, may be dangerous. Glenn Fleishmann, writing in Macworld, takes a look at what’s necessary to protect such connections. He discusses using a VPN (virtual private network), to ensure encrypted end-to-end data transfer, talks about WPA and WPA2 Enterprise security, and explains how to create an iPhone configuration profile. If you use the iPhone over a wireless network, check this article out: you may not need all your connections to be secure, but if you’re working with sensitive business data, the tips here may be essential to you.