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It doesn't really shatter anything does it? People here are going to understand that there are trade-offs to every decision made. I suspect iOS is not worse th
by criddell 3y ago
It doesn't really shatter anything does it? People here are going to understand that there are trade-offs to every decision made.
I suspect iOS is not worse than the more open Android simply because senior management at Kaspersky are using iPhones. If anybody is choosing their platform with security in mind, it has to be them and they are going with iOS.
- sounds 3y agoPrevious nation-state level hacking on iPhones used exploits available on the (grey?) market. https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/italian-spyware-vendor-targets-users-in-italy-and-kazakhstan/ https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/italian-spyware-ve...
- criddell 3y agoAnd on that same page it says the Android version didn’t even require an exploit. The sneakiest thing that was required on Android was to write the word “Samsung” on the app icon so that users would click it. Near the end, they say: > This campaign is a good reminder that attackers do not always use exploits to achieve the permissions they need.