My smartphone is a simple affair. I have a hardened Firefox as my default browser (uBlock Origin with JS disabled by default with HTTPS-Everywhere addon with EASE turned on). I keep my app-count to a minimum. There are people who need every app imaginable, but that increases the attack surface of the phone. Try to minimize the amount of apps on your phone please! Then of course all the usual OPSEC practices like not…
Android Devices Are at Risk of Data Theft (2020)
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Apple doesn't have a spotless record with security. However, they are significantly better at pushing updates. A large majority of eligible iOS devices install OS updates, and iOS devices tend to be eligible for updates for many years. Additionally, because sales are much lower for iOS than Android, it's hard to get to the same scale. I don't know about iPad numbers, but 1 billion iPhones is about 5 years of sales, a…
> that combines with other factors and very few devices make it past five years of use The original version of the iPhone SE and the iPhone 6s are six years old now. They run the current version of iOS and still work just fine.
My guess is many have had something go wrong to the point that they're no longer used.
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> that combines with other factors and very few devices make it past five years of use The original version of the iPhone SE and the iPhone 6s are six years old now. They run the current version of iOS and still work just fine.
How many of those sold six years ago are still operating? My guess is many have had something go wrong to the point that they're no longer used.
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How many of those sold six years ago are still operating? My guess is many have had something go wrong to the point that they're no longer used.
The iPhone 6 and SE are still hugely popular in Asia. I see them everywhere, and there is a whole after market economy for repairs and parts replacement.
Even the performance under the current OS, six years later, is still fine.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/09/ios-14-on-the-iphone...