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Treat all of your devices as compromised. Between the FBI breaking the terrorist's iphone, Pegasus, etc... It might be best to have a burner smart phone that yo

Treat all of your devices as compromised. Between the FBI breaking the terrorist's iphone, Pegasus, etc... It might be best to have a burner smart phone that you keep off 99.99% of the time and get your secrets off it only.

boringuser2 3y ago
Or, you could just not have an iphone.
- game_the0ry 3y ago
  Lame comment, but for what its worth - I assume my iphone acts like a cia tacking device that sends all my info to nsa, so I never put anything on there that could get me in real trouble. But it would suck if I got a text from a russian organized hacking criminal org that got a hold or my banking credentials.
  - boringuser2 3y ago
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- tremere 3y ago
  Because Android is a far more secure platform and Google is a far more trustworthy custodian of your data? Or are you recommending that one opt out of a good portion of society by not using a smartphone? For most people that is not really a convenient option.
  - EdwardDiego 3y ago
    Hopefully the diversity in the Android ecosystem (seems like every Android phone vendor wants to run their own variants of various bits) makes it harder to exploit all Android devices with one exploit. Also has the downside of increasing the attack surface, but yeah. I feel like it's potatoes grown from "seed" potatoes vs. potatoes grown from actual seeds.
  - kramerger 3y ago
    Have there been any universal exploits like this on modern Android recently? When people discuss android security issues its mostly about the guy who installed random app from gods know where and got into trouble
    - saagarjha 3y ago
      Android is just as vulnerable to 0-click exploits as iOS is. In some ways it is more exposed.
      - kramerger 3y ago
        How is android more exposed? Project Zero people have worked very hard to harden the core system. That doesn't completely eliminate 0days but makes finding them much harder.

boringuser2 3y ago

Or, you could just not have an iphone.

game_the0ry 3y ago
Lame comment, but for what its worth - I assume my iphone acts like a cia tacking device that sends all my info to nsa, so I never put anything on there that could get me in real trouble. But it would suck if I got a text from a russian organized hacking criminal org that got a hold or my banking credentials.
- boringuser2 3y ago
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tremere 3y ago
Because Android is a far more secure platform and Google is a far more trustworthy custodian of your data? Or are you recommending that one opt out of a good portion of society by not using a smartphone? For most people that is not really a convenient option.
- EdwardDiego 3y ago
  Hopefully the diversity in the Android ecosystem (seems like every Android phone vendor wants to run their own variants of various bits) makes it harder to exploit all Android devices with one exploit. Also has the downside of increasing the attack surface, but yeah. I feel like it's potatoes grown from "seed" potatoes vs. potatoes grown from actual seeds.
- kramerger 3y ago
  Have there been any universal exploits like this on modern Android recently? When people discuss android security issues its mostly about the guy who installed random app from gods know where and got into trouble
  - saagarjha 3y ago
    Android is just as vulnerable to 0-click exploits as iOS is. In some ways it is more exposed.
    - kramerger 3y ago
      How is android more exposed? Project Zero people have worked very hard to harden the core system. That doesn't completely eliminate 0days but makes finding them much harder.