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

favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨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 ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

Ok buddy

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- favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Useless response with no substance.
  
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  - Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Pot meet kettle. You two would make a great team.
    
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Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨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 ⁨17⁩ ⁨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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    favoredponcho@lemmy.zip ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Here is something for you to read from the article you posted:
    
    The Israel Defense Forces will tighten rules on mobile devices for senior officers and prohibit Android phones on IDF-issued lines, Army Radio reported on Wednesday.
    
    Under the expected order, commanders from the rank of lieutenant colonel and above will be permitted to use only Apple iPhones for official communications. The step is aimed at reducing the risk of intrusions on senior officers’ handsets, according to the report
    
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