Android and iOS both have backdoors the US controls. The few capabilities they aren't willingly given by Apple or Google are furnished by third-parties, and the

Android and iOS both have backdoors the US controls. The few capabilities they aren't willingly given by Apple or Google are furnished by third-parties, and the rest of the world has to contend with second-rate data access through persistent exploits. If the US didn't have superior SigInt, they'd be relying on Pegasus to do FIVE-EYES' dirty work. Google and Apple both admit that their information handling is overseen and controlled by the US federal government: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments... > They come up with very complicated exploit chains because the easy attacks are no longer possible. People say this about every age of computing, though. And then we get a zero-click exploit chain from Pakistan with persistent payload that infects 22,000 modern handsets for 3 months without anyone knowing. I don't think that complexity is the secure savior you make it out to be in this situation.