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Can the iPad get infected with malware if you click on a bad link?
02-02-2013, 06:03 AM
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No. The iPad does not allow (unless you have "jailbroken" it) code to run that is not signed and each app runs in its own protected area (sandbox) so that it cannot talk with other apps and they cannot interfere with it.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_signing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(co..._security)
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