If I protect Android from unfair criticism then all of the sudden I'm a fanboy? Every system has vulnerabilities. Even old Nokias.
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Android Phones Exposed to Remote Access Vulnerability
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No one is saying that you should switch, and so far I haven’t seen anyone trying to convince you.
But complaining about android arguments on a news post about android is….
And IOS being insecure is a fact because no completely secure system exists, and it’s quite sad that we don’t even know how insecure iOS is, only apple knows, the fact that they release security updates doesn’t say anything about how many zero day exploits are on the wild, may be more than android….we don’t know.
Apple Iphone Os : Security vulnerabilities, CVEs
Security vulnerabilities of Apple Iphone Os : List of vulnerabilities affecting any version of this product
www.cvedetails.com
Apple Iphone Os : Security vulnerabilities, CVEs
Security vulnerabilities of Apple Iphone Os : List of vulnerabilities affecting any version of this product
www.cvedetails.com
The biggest issue was Google’s laissez faire attitude about the whole thing. Planatir is a contractor for the US intelligence community.
From the original article:
The security company said it contacted Google about its findings more than 90 days ago and that the tech giant has not indicated whether it would remove or fix the application.
“Mobile security is a very real concern for us, given where we’re operating and who we’re serving,” Palantir Chief Information Security Officer Dane Stuckey said. “This was very deleterious of trust, to have third-party, unvetted insecure software on it. We have no idea how it got there, so we made the decision to effectively ban Androids internally.”
From the original article:
The security company said it contacted Google about its findings more than 90 days ago and that the tech giant has not indicated whether it would remove or fix the application.
“Mobile security is a very real concern for us, given where we’re operating and who we’re serving,” Palantir Chief Information Security Officer Dane Stuckey said. “This was very deleterious of trust, to have third-party, unvetted insecure software on it. We have no idea how it got there, so we made the decision to effectively ban Androids internally.”
Google now allows you to disable access 2G networks which are no longer secure. Wonder when Apple will do the same.
Every single one of those vulnerabilities has been fixed. Now look at Android.Apple Iphone Os : Security vulnerabilities, CVEs
Security vulnerabilities of Apple Iphone Os : List of vulnerabilities affecting any version of this productwww.cvedetails.com
Its can't expose them any more than the Android platform already does.....
I don’t make my point clear, I was talking about these forums in general, not this thread specifically.
No, of course iOS isn’t completely secure. The only completely secure device would be in the bottom of a concrete bunker, on the moon, with no power. It’s all relative.
The GR likes to catch fire when driven above 85mph
Apple Iphone Os : Security vulnerabilities, CVEs
Security vulnerabilities of Apple Iphone Os : List of vulnerabilities affecting any version of this productwww.cvedetails.com
It's possible to install a usable firewall on both if you root/jailbreak. You can install a firewall from the Cydia app store.👍 The issue is Apple keeps breaking the jailbreak with each minor update, so it's pointless bothering with jailbreak.
Android doesn't break root except for major updates. With custom ROM, developers rarely purposely break root, because they want root access too.
It seems like a great phone, better OS features than on yet to be released iOS 18, but you need a separate case for that camera island on the back.
This is relevant to.... what? 🙄The GR likes to catch fire when driven above 85mph
Ever notice how the iPhone fanboys reveal themselves when an article like this appears? They have a myriad of iPhone tech blogs to choose from, but they pop here all the time. Why is that?
There's no shortage of people who use both Macs and Androids.
Some of them have been made public because they were fixed, the thing is that we don’t know how many open exploits exist on IOS (and some of them may be unpatchable bootroom exploits) because the source code is closed and completely dark, there may be thousands of xploits (or zero) we don’t know.
As I said security through obscurity is an absurd, is taking the “just trust me bruh, my system is safe” as a genuine security policy that no one can confirm.
So the option to connect to an http website is a security threat now? While I appreciate the extra security of https, the encryption seems like a waste of resources for most cases. I have a website about skyscrapers and I am still hesitant to switch to https, because all data on that website is open to public anyway and technically encryption slows down the website a tiny bit.
There is one downside of certificates that annoys me though: I can no longer use my HOSTS file to give certain websites custom domains, which was very convenient.
There is one downside of certificates that annoys me though: I can no longer use my HOSTS file to give certain websites custom domains, which was very convenient.
Here, let me edit this for you:
"It just means that existing vulnerabilities (often known to them and their allies) have not been publicly disclosed yet."
Also, people claiming that something is safer because it is closed source don't really know what they are talking about.
As if Apple never have security issues. There are lots of vulnerabilities in macOS, iOS known for years and we are still waiting for them to get solved 🤔And yet Android users come into the iPhone forums to tell us how superior their platform is.
There are several vulnerabilities in iOS and macOS waiting to be solved. Some are known for years. Wasn’t there a problem with the M-series of chips with security? Both platforms have vulnerabilities and in my experience Apple isn’t known to solve things quickly. Communication about these vulnerabilities Apple only does when there isn’t a way to keep it quiet. Also Apple doesn’t pay users who tell Apple there is a vulnerability or give any form of feedback to people who point those vulnerabilities out.
There will always be vulnerabilities on both platforms