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EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Even if this particular attack is against Android phones, it should be noted that iPhones have their own security issues.
Stay safe out there, regardless of what type of phone you use.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Alternately: I was mentioning this to pre-empt anyone marching in here and puffing up about iPhone.
Of course you know and understand the intent of my comment. Your bad-faith response fails to impress.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Permissions, when built-in to the operating system from conception, are much more effective than when they’re half-heartedly tacked on decades later, which is why these issues keep coming up on Android but not on iOS
buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The difference isn’t actually in the operating system. iOS is just as vulnerable to such things. The difference is in how the app store is run. Apple locks down there app store so that it’s much more difficult to get malicious apps added. Google is extremely less thorough. Which is one of the reason many of us choose Android. When you choose more freedom the price is more vigilance is necessary to secure yourself and your phone.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Absolutely not the case. File and user permissions are defined on the operating system level, unlike on Android.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Yes, this is why Androids and iPhone have different security issues.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I was replying to your original comment. Please don’t pretend you haven’t changed it
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
You hate iPhones so much that you have to take a security issue on Android and defend it by shouting “Apple too!”?
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 day ago
So you’re denying that iPhone have security issues?
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 9 hours ago
No, just that that’s got nothing to do with the topic or conversation at hand.
drmoose@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As someone already pointed out it’s a lost game regardless of platform as long as closed source software is used on any machine anywhere it’s fundamentally unsafe. Black market operators like Israel’s Pegasus have been selling ios day 0 exploits for years and there are probably hundreds that exist out there.
The good part is that these rare exploits will not be used on you because they are too valuable the bad part is that the only way against them is full system transparency which is not happening anytime soon.