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 for every single platform.
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.
Alternately: I was mentioning this to pre-empt anyone marching in here and puffing up about iPhone. Or thinking that they don’t need to worry about security issues.
Of course you know and understand the intent of my comment. Your bad-faith response fails to impress.
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
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.
That’s an insane take. Sure, Google is less thorough on checking the garbage that gets on the Play Store, but if that was a factor, malware that has made it on the Apple app store would have done it too. They have never been able to bypass permissions because they’re built into the OS and security hardware.
Edit: People having such a poor understanding of security and buying Apple’s propaganda, ON LEMMY, is so disappointing
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.
Edit: lol, looks like I ruffled some feathers, with a few people really going the extra mile to take the wrong message from it
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 for every single platform.
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.
Lawl “exploit developed for android phones”
You: UK AKSHULLY IPHONES AREN’T SECURE THOUGH
Alternately: I was mentioning this to pre-empt anyone marching in here and puffing up about iPhone. Or thinking that they don’t need to worry about security issues.
Of course you know and understand the intent of my comment. Your bad-faith response fails to impress.
You hate iPhones so much that you have to take a security issue on Android and defend it by shouting “Apple too!”?
So you’re denying that iPhone have security issues?
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
Yes, this is why Androids and iPhone have inherently different security issues.
I was replying to your original comment. Please don’t pretend you haven’t changed it
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.
That’s an insane take. Sure, Google is less thorough on checking the garbage that gets on the Play Store, but if that was a factor, malware that has made it on the Apple app store would have done it too. They have never been able to bypass permissions because they’re built into the OS and security hardware.
Edit: People having such a poor understanding of security and buying Apple’s propaganda, ON LEMMY, is so disappointing