Although it is said that Android's security is now on par with iOS, in fact, researchers have shown that iOS apps are still more secure than Android.
Ernestas Napres of Cybernews, an online publication that reports on cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities. It tested installs of the top 100 apps in the German App Store on new iPhones and from the Play Store on new Android smartphones, and then Nepris opted out of the test devices. In addition to monitoring the number of times these devices connect to foreign servers, including the location of those servers.
When the device was left unattended for 5-6 days, the test found that iPhones send or connect to external servers an average of 3,308 times per day, while Android devices connect to servers only 2,323 times per day.
But can only the number of times tell if it's safe or not? Comparison: Over 60% of iPhone requests to connect to external servers were made to Apple, while on Android only 24% were made to Google's servers, and the rest were connections to external servers
For example, in this test, iPhones connected to servers in Russia just once per day, while Android devices connected to Russia up to 13 times per day. In China, iPhones have no server connection requests per day and China has up to 5 connection requests per day.
iPhone in terms of user privacy and in tests, iPhones connected to Facebook servers an average of 20 times a day, compared to nearly 200 times a day for Android. For popular apps like TikTok, iPhones connected 36 times a day, and even then to ByteDance servers that are not located in China. Android devices receive up to 800 connections per day.
What does this test indicate?
If the app is connected to servers located in China or Russia, this means that authorities in those countries can access user data. Such as the government sector and others
Part of this may be due to Apple's stricter rules for app development. Apple has several policies in place to limit the information developers can access. Using a closed system is a tactic that Apple continues to use. Therefore, senior executives each time express concern that if the system is changed to an open system, this will make it less secure.
If anyone cares much about privacy the source also recommends studying the operating system carefully.
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