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New iPhone firmware plugs security holes

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It is quite difficult to avoid the news that Apple has released a new operating system for its popular iPhone. The OS 3.0 adds a host of features vaunted, such as copy and paste functionality, a wide phone search feature, and an option "Find My iPhone" service. What is less publicized than the update also branch 46 security holes in the iPhone OS. Here's 46 reasons to upgrade there (although many users have reported problems with the update servers). As cel phone once humble starts working more and more as the computer, it also begins to take on some of the vulnerabilities of the computer to malicious code. The iPhone does not have third-party security options, such as your computer (you can check the best of these options here), so we're stuck with security patches and common sense to protect our iPhones from malicious code. Here are two things to keep in mind:

1) Be as clever with your iPhone as you are with your computer. Never open attachments from unknown senders.

2) Think twice about the sites you visit. The beauty and the danger of having the Internet in the palm of your hand is that you can go anywhere. Make sure that these places seem trustworthy when you see them in search results.

Moreover, if you have $ 100 MobileMe service per year of Apple and you're hoping to use the "Find My iPhone" feature, make sure you turn it first. It implies some settings on the phone itself. it is best to do it now while it's still in your hands.