[rfoo]

I'd say very special people need malware protection like this on their iPhone.

Remember NSO Group? Or the campaign Kaspersky exposed last year? Apple successfully made malware on iOS very rare unless you are targeted. But right now, it is impossible for these targeted people to get any kind of protection. Even forensics after being compromised is extremely difficult thanks to Apple's walled garden approach.

[jtbayly]

It depends on what you mean by “like this.”

The usefulness of a theoretical app that might be able to stop high-power exploits isn’t being debated. The claim I’m objecting to is that everybody should be running (available) antivirus software on their phone.

But if you mean that these highly targeted people would have been helped by running “AVG Mobile Security” or one of the other available so-called “antivirus” apps, then I’ve got an enterprise security contract to sell you. :)

[giaour]

> The claim I’m objecting to is that everybody should be running (available) antivirus software on their phone.

You're objecting to the (much more specific) claim that everybody should be running 3P antivirus software on their phone. Nobody made this claim. You are already running AV software on your phone, and whatever is built into the platform is more than sufficient for most users.