# Is my iPhone secure?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-iphone-secure/489285>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-iphone-secure/489285 "2009-03-13T01:35:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-iphone-secure/489285/1 "2009-03-13T01:35:41Z")

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Right off the bat, I’ll say I’m not sure if this question belongs here or in IMHO.  
Mods, do as you will.  
So how safe is it to do some of my banking on my (original 1G) iPhone, compared to using my home computer (DSL)?  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-iphone-secure/489285/2 "2009-03-13T02:54:38Z")

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> [@mangeorge](#):
>
> Right off the bat, I’ll say I’m not sure if this question belongs here or in IMHO.  
> Mods, do as you will.  
> So how safe is it to do some of my banking on my (original 1G) iPhone, compared to using my home computer (DSL)?  
> Peace,  
> mangeorge

I’m tempted to say its actually safer than your computer , but I dont have a cite to back that up , it has to do with using https over cellular, add to that the iphone only has user privileges right out of the box, you have to jail break it to get root access.

declan