• morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Why am I hearing about iPhone attacks so much recently? But none on android?

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      10 months ago

      It can often be more important to inform apple users of attacks and exploits because android users aren’t often under the illusion that they’re immune from such happenings.

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      10 months ago

      Android is open source so thousands of people have eyes on the source code and can find security holes. iOS (along with everything else Apple does) is closed source, so only they can review the code. This makes Linux based devices inherently more secure. Also, a lot of prominent people have iPhones so they’re the targets of attack.