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Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’ (www.forbes.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 3 points 21 minutes ago

[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 13 points 1 hour ago

says everything about iPhones 'security' & 'privacy'

repeats it

[–] grehund@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They don’t want people installing GrapheneOS on them.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 hour ago

But isn't that stupid tho. Like they should want their military officers to be using the most secure OS.

But then again, its funny to see them make stupid decisions.

[–] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 36 points 3 hours ago

The Israeli military has decided to ban Android phones for senior officers

“Under the expected order, commanders from the rank of lieutenant colonel and above will be permitted to use only iPhones for official communications. The step is aimed at reducing the risk of intrusions on senior officers’ handsets, according to the report.”

So it seems that Israel (one of the leading country in hackers spies for hire) thinks that there’s a lot « Hezbollah honey pot » that target android device

[+] skeezix@lemmy.world -32 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

not surprising . Android phones are insecure and basically Google snoop devices.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 8 points 1 hour ago

anymore details on how they deviate? what specifically is more secure about an iphone than an android?

Feel free to go into deep details if you have them or links

[–] PeachMan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Really depends on the phone and how the controlling organization (whether it's a private company or the IDF) uses MDM/MAM. It's totally possible to poorly manage iPhones, and if you do they'll be insecure as hell. If you were to restrict everyone to a specific Android phone model with hardened software, then you could theoretically do better than deploying all iPhones. Hell, you could even put GrapheneOS on them, but that would be quite an undertaking, and I'm not aware of any company doing it at scale.

Because of the homogeneity of iPhones and how strictly Apple controls them, it's generally simpler for organizations to manage them and ensure all of their employees are using updated software on a relatively secure phone. So that (in my opinion) is why we're seeing a lot of organizations just say "screw it, only iPhones allowed".