(unpaywalled version on archive.today: https://archive.ph/03cwZ)
Interesting figure that comes out of the article: 87% of US teens prefer iPhones. Also the explanations given aren’t quite surprising, I guess it’s mostly because of iMessage. Teens will feel like outcasts if they get an Android phone while their friends still use iMessage because of the green bubbles.
It’s actually hilarious how we allowed consumerism to take us this far and that we have now peer pressure over smartphones.
“You’re telling me in 2023, you still have a ’Droid? […] You gotta be at least 50 years old.”
ouch 😔
I don’t even like IPhones, but aren’t they one of the most private?
Apple only got around to encrypting iCloud data last December.
The FBI dispute happened because the guy in that case was not doing iCloud at all. In that sense they’re private. But if you’ve ever had more than one iOS device or are using iCloud backups they already had access to it.
Using iphones, you have to trust apple, because everything is closed source and no one can audit the code to make sure that apple isn’t being nefarious.
Using AOSP (the open source android project) like CalyxOS or GrapheneOS, you don’t have to trust–you know. All the code is open source and is continuously audited.
The same can be said about Mac’s and Windows (both closed source) compared to Linux (open source).
Privacy is more than just a choice, it’s a conscious effort.
I appreciate you linking your source, fighting for privacy (although good) does not mean they are actually private or even secure.
As it stands today, if you or your information is on the internet, you are vulnerable.
Edit: I forgot to mention, there are way too many tools out there to extract information from Apple/Android devices.
