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Re:IDF tightens cellphone regulations, bars Android phones by bluesky19283746 on Monday December 01, 2025 @02:55PM (#46112277)
Hey, can someone explain to me why iphones are harder to track and hack?
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Re:IDF tightens cellphone regulations, bars Android phones by duxup on Monday December 01, 2025 @03:21PM (#46112662)
iOS's lockdown mode is supposedly pretty dang good.

Also "android" could mean any number of devices with their own old software / security flaws.

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Re:IDF tightens cellphone regulations, bars Android phones by hulitu on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @06:41AM (#46120261)
> Hey, can someone explain to me why iphones are harder to track and hack?

They are not. See NSO. Maybe they consider this an advantage (known platform) compared with Android where every vendor has its own kernel.

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