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That’s the first I’ve heard someone call Android an inherently more secure OS than iOS. Could you substantiate that?

• Gigachad 5y ago
  It's based on the linux kernel and many of the core components have been rewritten in rust which the google security team seems to be suggesting is the solution to these problems. I don't have any actual proof but my gut feeling is the linux kernel is better tested and has better security hardening than the ios internals.
  • _kbh_ 5y ago
    Id say they are probably about the same security wise, with iOS and Android having better security in different areas (for example arbitrary file write in iOS in an end user application generally doesn't results in RCE but it can in Android). The old thought that open source is more secure doesn't seem to really hold as there are terrible bugs in nearly everything all the time. It should also be noted that Apple is rewriting certain parts of iOS in safer languages as well (see blastdoor for messages as an example).