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Are iPhones Better for Privacy? Comparative Study of iOS and Android Apps (petsymposium.org)

submitted 2 years ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/198544

While it has been argued that the choice of smartphone architecture might protect user privacy, no clear winner between iOS and Android emerges from our analysis.

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[–] isleofmist@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No. You can't even sideload apps in an IPhone.

[–] AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

More than that, Apple's app ecosystem, both iOS and Mac, seems to be the least open source out of the consumer platforms. Even on the official Android and Windows app stores, a lot of apps are actually open source. That's much rarer on Apple.

[–] isleofmist@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I agree