Ask HN: Can RAT be installed on non-jailbroken iPhone?

4 points by scotty79 3y ago ↗ HN

And if not, can an iPhone be both jaibroken and infected with RAT without unlocking the phone (with pin or anything else)?

Context is that obsessive ex installed RAT of friends android phone so she switched to iPhone, but her new iPhone also started showing some weird behavior (after ex had physical access to it for maybe an hour, they are coworkers).

So I wonder how plausible is that her new iPhone also got pwned just by skilled IT guy.

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wmf 3y ago ↗

I'm not an iOS expert but I would look at MDM. An MDM profile can be installed without jailbreaking and may be able to do things that normal apps cannot.

KomoD 3y ago ↗

iPhones are more locked down so probably not, and maybe they shouldn't work alongside their crazy ex?

scotty79 3y ago ↗

That's what I thought.

Small town unfortunately. Not many job opportunities.