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iOS is not better than android when it comes to security. It's at best equal, and in most perspective, slightly worse. Compare Zerodium's payout for iOS vs And
by drivebycomment 4y ago
iOS is not better than android when it comes to security. It's at best equal, and in most perspective, slightly worse.
Compare Zerodium's payout for iOS vs Android:
https://www.zerodium.com/program.html https://www.zerodium.com/program.html
iOS security was bad enough in 2020 that it even lead to:
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/14/zerodium-pauses-acquiring-ios-exploits/ https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/14/zerodium-pauses-acquiri...
> Zerodium this week announced that it will not be purchasing any iOS exploits for the next two to three months due to a high number of submissions. In other words, the company has so many security vulnerabilities at its disposal that it does not need any more.
Android FCP zero-click has been keeping higher price than iOS for a few years now.
iOS iMessage RCE+LPE has been lower price than SMS RCE+LPE on android for a few years.
In almost every comparison, iOS has the same bounty as android or cheaper.
This, despite the fact that iOS bugs have more demand because of more premium targets.
- rozab 4y agoThere could be loads of reasons for this price difference other than supply. Android's higher market share, the ease of further exploiting any priv esc, the fact any zero day will patched much slower for a majority of devices...
- drivebycomment 4y agoiOS used to fetch higher price years ago - that was when they had less market share as well.
- howinteresting 4y agoNo, it's because it is much easier to find security vulnerabilities on iOS than on Android.