Submitted 3 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
The iPhone versus Android battle has just taken a sudden twist as hackers attack smartphones.
Archived version: archive.is/…/israels-idf-bans-android-to-stop-hac…
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Odd, I thought Apple didn’t want villains using iPhones.
Pulling that Hugo Boss, fascism loves aesthetics
Fuck Israel, but I fail to see how this is Apple’s fault. Unless you mean it is Apple’s fault in the same way that it is GrapheneOS’s fault that criminals use their phones.
I was mostly joking about apple’s rule that they don’t show villains in movies using Apple products.
Here comes the apple boycott…
Nice, so instead of targetting multiple platforms, a bad actor simply has to find a single zero-day to infiltrate the IDF high-ranking officers.
I spent quite some time in mobile security and I won’t use an Android device knowing what I know.
Literally the opposite…
timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-company-says-it-ca…
Israel doesn’t want the IDF able to hide/leak anything about the ongoing genocide, so they’re making everyone use the phone that they can spy on.
Like, Israel says it’s for safety but they’ve been committing an open genocide for two years now, why they fuck is anyone taking their word?
Op is pretending you didn’t write this lol
Do you have any credentials at all here or are you just gonna keep reposting a six year old article about Cellebrite and a long since patched vulnerability. If you knew anything about this space, you’d at least try to post the latest info on which phones Cellebrite can hack. As for iOS, here is what I can find…they cannot hack phones running the latest version: iPhone Cellebrite Hack.
For Android phones, Pixels can be easily hacked, unless you’re running GrapheneOS: Pixel Vulnerabilities to Cellebrite Hacks. Non-Pixel Android phones are likely even more vulnerable given that few manufacturers even try as hard as Google to secure their phones and do as much to keep their phones on the latest Android version.
As someone with a career in tech, I concur with the original commenter. On the whole, Android is not a secure OS unless you run Graphene OS. If you care about security, I would choose Graphene OS, iOS, and then everything else.
why they fuck is anyone taking their word?
… You know why.
I spent some time knowing about business practices and user-hostile design and I’ll never use an apple device. And I’ll definitely never give apple another penny, fucking fake assholes.
I’d like to caveat that this is not a denial that google is horrible, their os is just the only reliable alternative to a Linux phone atm
I think you’re doing the tech tribalism thing here whereas I’m talking about actual device security.
I get it’s popular to hate Apple. Cool. You’re cool for hating Apple.
Anyone who is genuinely interested in mobile security ought to read some of the white papers or device analysis’ which are available to the public.
Anyways, cool, hate Apple but for some reason give Google a pass.
I don’t downvote you because I like one side or the other, I do it because of what you write: Hefty claims with zero substance behind.
Care to share more?
Rather than speak from my expertise which will be refuted, go look at what mobile research says.
Watch conference demos, look at cellebrited claims from 2026.
I’m parroting what is known in the wider security community, it just doesn’t conform with what enthusiasts think.
I’m not sure why you think Android has security problems. In general it is very secure since it enforces least privilege everywhere.
It does have security vulnerabilities but so does iOS and ever other piece of software
It does not actually enforce least privilege everywhere, its application of SELinux is … well it’s better than what targeted policy does, but it’s designed to be unobtrusive not protective. The issue isn’t Android itself, as a concept it’s not awful. The issue is the reality of being a security professional and attempting to secure the edge which in this case is the users and their devices.
From a practical standpoint administering and protecting one device type on a fairly closed OS is significantly easier than one where the hardware landscape is so varied.
If you look critically at what it appears this action (the article, and what I am responding to) is for it is because the USERS being exploited is the threat vector. Android devices have significantly more documented malware out in the wild AS WELL AS many documented and active boot exploits.
My comments have nothing to do with what I like. This isn’t fanaticism. It’s practical reality.
A nation state actor likely doesn’t care what device you use because they can get the data they want elsewhere, your device is just a beacon at that point for where.
This is probably more because iPhones are harder to hack and the IDF has a lot to hide.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not because iPhones are safer…
It’s because Israel can unlock any iPhone:
timesofisrael.com/israeli-tech-company-says-it-ca…
Sumocat@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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?
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 3 weeks 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.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ok buddy
Xatolos@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Your comment is embarrassing you.
Read the actual article, not the second hand one linked:
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>>