Your iPhone is Lying to You About Files...

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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. --- 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 --- Check out my X account for cool Computer Science stuff! https://x.com/lauriewired --- Links to my Apple/iOS research conference talks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JuSp_7Xf1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdKjVCZtTI --- My iOS Decompiler tool (Malimite): https://github.com/LaurieWired/Malimite