From LaurieWired.

Gen Z doesn’t Understand Filesystems. It’s not their fault.

Apple’s early abstraction of mobile data storage has caused…confusion to say the least.

But what does the *real* iOS filesystem look like? As a researcher myself; it’s kind of insanely complicated.

Join me as I dive into the hidden structures, sandbox illusions, and…the numerous SQLite databases of this fascinating filesystem.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Gen Z doesn’t Understand Filesystems
04:05 iOS’s *real* Root structure
06:44 The Apple Wiki (deep iOS info)
09:05 Rooted iPad + Application Analysis
12:06 Two Hidden Illusions (SQLite?)
15:57 The (fake) Files App

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Links to my Apple/iOS research conference talks:

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My iOS Decompiler tool (Malimite):
https://github.com/LaurieWired/Malimite