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Israel’s IDF Bans Android Phones—iPhones Now ‘Mandatory’
(www.forbes.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2025
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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
Mostly because Apple's update policy is superior to A LOT of Android companies. OEMs are really slow when patching known vulnerabilities.
Quick study I found when trying to find evidence:
https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/16-Acar-A-Device-Centric-Analysis-of-Android-Security-Updates.pdf
Example from that study:
It's utterly insane this is noteworthy. Not delaying security updates for KNOWN vulnerabilities should not be exemplary.