iOS is generally more secure than Android

[backstreetboy]

Not sure why that quote would be relevant - it does nothing to compare Android to iOS.

That will be because you can't. Android is more modular. Big reason why Apple's yearly Android version adoption jabs are so funny because it doesn't tell the whole story.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Apple devices

 

[Scooby_Doo]

But how does this relate to the Wifi speed between the two?

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Apple devices

this^^^
im sure if you used this as a daily driver you still be as secure as a Cr@pple user.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertu

 

[Badprop_za]

Why the hate........

 

[JerryMungo]

That will be because you can't.

And yet you go on do to just that:

Android is more modular. Big reason why Apple's yearly Android version adoption jabs are so funny because it doesn't tell the whole story.

What's funny is someone who sees conspiracies everywhere. Even if the article was written by apple, it would be pretty factual. Rather look at the facts.

Willy, it's backstreetboy you're trying to rationalise with.

Tell me, do you play chess with pigeons as a hobby?

Yeah, been there, done that yet I still have hope for the man

Let me put it another way...
Apple's ecosystem is generally more secure than Android's, but that shouldn't stop you from owning an Android device if you know what you're doing and you prefer them.

 

[LCBXX]

It comes down to what risks are relevant and a user is willing to accept. Not everyone is prepared to pay iPhone or Samsung prices because of security alone.

 

[ThinkCentre]

There are no virus scanners for IOS. The same could not be said for android!

 

[backstreetboy]

There are no virus scanners for IOS. The same could not be said for android!

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-free-antivirus-iphone

I see five there lol.

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Why the hate........

Itunes

 

[Badprop_za]

Itunes

I know I am not the most extensive user of iTunes, but why is it that bad?

 

[ArmatageShanks]

Yes in the same way that a RDP house is more secure than a mansion, much simpler to secure as there simply is less to secure.

 

[JerryMungo]

Yes in the same way that a RDP house is more secure than a mansion, much simpler to secure as there simply is less to secure.

Poor analogy. More like...
The same way a mansion is more secure than 1 000 000 RDP houses...
Apple's is the ecosystem with less fragmentation.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Could also be bias creeping in to the pentester's opinion as well. Android can be secure, or even more secure, but it's platform-dependent. Something like Android One or a Google Nexus/Pixel device will get updates in the same kind of relative timeframe as Apple from when vulnerabilities are discovered or disclosed. Carrier-branded phones add an extra delay on top of that, whilst iOS can bypass them all completely.

I guess it's also bias on the part of authors of said cyber security manuals and training for pen testing to constantly target Android to show how insecure it is and how many loop holes there are in various forms....

But yes I agree Google's own devices are much closer to Apple in this regard but it doesn't make the statement any less true that Android as a whole is less secure than iOS.