When it comes to the security of your smartphone, which operating system you choose makes a big difference.
Do These 7 Things to Make Your iPhone More Secure.
That’s why Windows is the most-attacked operating system on the desktop.
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On smartphones,Androidhas thelargest market share worldwide; about 72 percent compared to iOS’s 128 percent.
Because of that, Android is the number-one smartphone target for hackers and criminals.
That’s just the nature of having a huge, widely used platform.
So, market share is a good thing to have, except when it comes to security.
In that case, being smaller, and thus a smaller target is best.
What may be a surprise is just how much more it has than other platforms.
According to one study,97 percent of all malwareattacking smartphones targets Android.
According to this study, no malware they found targeted the iPhone (that’s probably due to rounding.
Some malware targets the iPhone, but it’s likely less than 1 percent).
The last 3 percent took aim at Nokia’s old, but widely used, Symbian platform.
These situations should absolutely be considered if you’rechoosing between an iPhone or Android.
Apple uses a technique called sandboxing.
Apps have more extensive ways to communicate with each other starting iniOS 8, but sandboxing is still enforced.
On the other hand, Google designed Android for maximum openness and flexibility.
In that case, you’ve installed the security threat on your phone without even knowing it.
That’s because Apple reviews all apps submitted to the App Store before they’re published.
Google’s process of publishing apps involves much less review.
you might submit an app to Google Play and have it available to users in a couple of hours.
While a speedy turnaround is possible on Apple, Apple’s process can take up to two weeks.
That’s the case with facial recognition.
Both Apple and Samsung offer facial-recognition features built into their phones.
A Final Note on Jailbreaking
One thing that candramatically reduce iPhone security is jailbreaking.
