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Most Sophisticated iPhone Hack Ever Exploited Apple's Hidden Hardware Feature (thehackernews.com)
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[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Android is open source so thousands of people have eyes on the source code and can find security holes. iOS (along with everything else Apple does) is closed source, so only they can review the code. This makes Linux based devices inherently more secure. Also, a lot of prominent people have iPhones so they're the targets of attack.

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So theoretically, you should hear more about Android holes than iPhones since people easily see the vulnerability and try it.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Not really, all of that happens on GitHub.