Comment on Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’

givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Sumocat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  That article is from six years ago and states Cellebrite can unlock high-end Android phones. Since then, Apple has shipped iOS updates to secure against Cellebrite, while the only similarly secure Android phones are Pixels running GrapheneOS and Samsungs with KNOX, all in a perpetual chase.

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So when the US government needed in a trump shooters iPhone…

    They gave it to Israel, and Israel gave it back unlocked…

    What did they do? Guess the pass code?

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    • Sumocat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A “newer” Samsung is not an iPhone, and we don’t know which model Samsung it was or if it shipped with KNOX (though my guess is it wouldn’t have needed escalation if it didn’t have KNOX).

      “According to Washington Post reporting, the FBI used Cellebrite software to break into the device of Thomas Matthew Crooks at the bureau’s lab in Quantico, Va. That followed an initial stop at the nearby Pittsburgh office in which attempts crack Crooks’ newer Samsung model were unsuccessful, according to Bloomberg, noting that the Cellebrite software was “unreleased.”” fedscoop.com/israeli-firm-behind-tech-that-report…

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    • favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oof, embarrassing.

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• favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Your comments are embarrassing for you. Go get informed on mobile security. Cellebrite is well known for providing governments with tools to hack mobile OSes. Posting an article from 6 years ago shows how ill-informed you are on the topic. At least go find the most up to date information. It gets leaked periodically. Last I can find for iOS is Cellebrite can’t hack iPhones running the latest OS. It can hack Androids, unless they are using GrapheneOS.

  As someone in tech myself, I’d rather have an iPhone than the average Android phone from a security perspective. If you really care about security and are willing to make some trade offs, use GrapheneOS.

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  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As someone in tech myself, I’d rather have an iPhone

    Ok buddy

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    • favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Useless response with no substance.

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      • Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Pot meet kettle. You two would make a great team.

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  • Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Your comment is embarrassing you.

    Read the actual article, not the second hand one linked:

    Military intelligence has also exposed repeated “honeypot” schemes in which operatives posed as women online to lure personnel into installing malware, most notably in Operation HeartBreaker. Analysts noted that such campaigns sought access to contacts, photos, and real-time location data on soldiers’ devices.
    The new step follows earlier efforts to harden mobile use across the force, including training and internal drills designed to raise officers’ awareness of social-engineering tactics. In recent years, the IDF even staged scenarios mimicking Hezbollah-linked “honeypots” to stress-test units’ digital discipline.

    It’s not due to security, it’s due to social engineering. The user will always be the weakest link.

    The real article is linked in this second hand one. archive.is/Y7iCJ>>

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    • favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. The article you link still shows Israel’s military requiring soldiers to use iPhones and not Android devices for security purposes. Just because a hack is achieved through user action doesn’t mean OS security can’t mitigate or aggravate an intrusion. It seems Israel is acknowledging that by setting this new requirement.

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      • Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Ah yes, the old “reading is hard so I ignore the facts”. A classic.

        Maybe you could ask Apple Intelligence to explain it to you, and what’s the difference between computer security and social engineering.

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