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After concluding its WWDC conference earlier this month, Apple released a preview of iOS 10 for developers to have a crack at it and see what’s new. Unlike previous versions of the platform, it included a big surprise: an unencrypted kernel. The kernel is the core of the operating system; it controls how apps can use a device’s hardware components and enforces security protocols. Leaving it unsecured doesn’t mean that iOS 10 would automatically make devices running it prone to attacks, but it does make it easier for people to discover ways around the kernel so they can hijack its…

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