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Is your iPhone more secure than an open source version?
by hellbanner 9y ago
Is your iPhone more secure than an open source version?
- zie 9y agoCompared to what we have currently out in open-source that easily runs on hardware the answer is yes. Google's Android is trying, but it's just not there yet, and it's not full Open Source. The rest of the open-source phone platforms are all dead as far as I'm aware.
- KyeRussell 9y agoApple has a proven track record of respecting user privacy, Google has hardly any. iOS has a proven track record of respecting user privacy, Android has hardly any. Other 'open-source' alternatives shouldn't be considered generally viable at the moment.
- kbart 9y agoDefine your security model. If you are talking about advertisers, then both can achieve about the same "security" level. But there's no point talking about security (as remotely inaccessible) while we don't have an open hardware + firmware. Baseband is a "micro PC", some even run modified Linux kernel under the hood, WiFi chip, battery controller etc. -- all are capable of running spyware/malware too.
- mi100hael 9y agoJudging by the amount of malware that shows up in the Play store and pwns rooted phones, absolutely.
- evilduck 9y agoAFAIK there's no such thing as a completely open source cell phone.
- hellbanner 9y agoUnfortunately not. Even if there was, it's the mesh network they run on that breaks security - corporate & gov controlled cellular towers