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South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns
(www.straitstimes.com)
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Shitty headline. Their concern is that there's no way for a 3rd party app to disable the mic on iPhones. They're not worried about iOS being insecure, just that if someone wanted to use one to record sensitive conversations, there's no way they can stop that happening.
I’m surprised microphone and camera privileges aren’t part of any device management software.
Funnily enough, it's because of Apple's approach to security. There's no API available for 3rd party software to use because if there was, some asshole would find a way to abuse it.
The headline is technically correct. They are worried over iPhones being used in a manner that affects the security of the military base.
It's clickbait. People will be clicking to see if there's been a new vulnerability discovered. The writer knew exactly what they were doing.
That's also possible, considering the quotes around the word security.
IIRC they added the album to everyone's iTunes accounts without asking, I guess if a user had automatic downloads enabled they would've downloaded it without giving permission. It was a dick move.
They can't "push whatever they want" though.
Except the "ownership" of a U2 album I guess. Was it an "opt-in" situation, or did people just suddenly own a U2 album?
This sounds a lot like security concerns to me.
I didn't think you understand how the military views security. It is not the same way you or I do.
The issue isn't with the military, it's with the clickbaity journalism.