This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don’t like Apple but it’s great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

  • @[email protected]
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    375 months ago

    Compared to any android phone the privacy is substantially better. Apple is in the business of selling overpriced phones. Google is in the data collection business.

    • Fushuan [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      The issue here is that while baseline apple is more secure than baseline android, a user with knowledge or a guide can improve the android security by a lot, whereas the apple baseline is also the ceiling. There’s stuff you can do with iPhones but if you don’t trust apple, you are kind of fucked.

      Android people that mention security won’t be using a stock phone from the store, they will have disabled stuff, enables alternative stuff, or even installed a completely new android based OS, and this can’t be done with iPhone or iOS.

      • @[email protected]
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        155 months ago

        True. But for 99% of people baseline is what they use. Windows can be made very secure by experts but the fact is 99% of people just use windows as is.

        • Fushuan [he/him]
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          45 months ago

          100% agree, just take into account that most people you encounter on lemmy, specially on posts about security, are in that 1% that tweak stuff and if you throw blanked statements they will think you are talking to them specifically.

    • Autonomous User
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      Anti-libre software, iOS, bans us from proving its claims. Stop paying Apple to pre-infect our devices and spy on us too.

      My devices need libre software, not a business.

      • @[email protected]
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        5 months ago

        You are preaching to the choir.

        When it comes to privacy: GrapheneOS > iOS > android with Google.

        Android itself is good. It’s just android with Google that’s the problem. (Aka 99.999% of all android phones sold outside of China)

        • Autonomous User
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          iOS > android with Google

          They ban us from proving this. Both malware, anti-libre software, ban us from proving it’s claims.

    • Natanael
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      5 months ago

      If you aren’t using the iOS lockdown mode, it’s not really that much more private. Most stuff is still not encrypted in iCloud without that on, and apps can still track much of what you do, and Apple has their own ad networks.

      Edit: has any of the downvoters actually read Apple’s (public!) security architecture documents?