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Apple regularly loses security shootouts, and is widely derided by security people. Their only advantages are their niche status (which they are losing) and the
by wisty 14y ago
Apple regularly loses security shootouts, and is widely derided by security people. Their only advantages are their niche status (which they are losing) and their lack of consideration towards old apps (they can dump old APIs which are hard to secure, and make other backwards-incompatible fixes, because they just don't care that much about backwards compatibility).
- cgh 14y agoThis is a rather biased view. Maybe check that top ten list again.
- sesqu 14y agoThe one that Apple holds two positions in for arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities?
- smackfu 14y agoThe other big advantage on mobile is a closed ecosystem and mandatory sandboxing.
- Tloewald 14y agoApple isn't a niche player in mobile. Wether you like Apple's App Store or not, in terms of security it's a raging success.