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   Chris to Marion   
   Re: What do folks make of this zero-day    
   27 Sep 25 08:22:46   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Marion  wrote:   
   > badgolferman wrote:   
   >> Tyrone  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Apple - with arguably as many (or more) hardware and software products than   
   >>> Microsoft   
   >>   
   >> https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share   
   >   
   > iOS consistently has more in-the-wild zero-days than Android flagships.   
   >     
   >   
   > In some years, the difference is 3–4 times more than Pixels + Galaxies.   
   >  2020 zero-days: iOS = 5   Pixel/Galaxy = 2   
   >  2021 zero-days: iOS = 12  Pixel/Galaxy = 3   
   >  2022 zero-days: iOS = 9   Pixel/Galaxy = 2   
   >  2023 zero-days: iOS = 13  Pixel/Galaxy = 3   
   >  2024 zero-days: iOS = 10  Pixel/Galaxy = 2   
   >  2025 zero-days: iOS = 7   Pixel/Galaxy = 2   
   >   
   > Pixel devices get patched immediately (as Google controls the hw + sw).   
   >   
   >   
   > Galaxy devices lag slightly (a few weeks to a month) because Samsung   
   > has to integrate Google's fixes into One UI, but Samsung is still far   
   > ahead of most Android OEMs.   
   >   
   > iOS Rapid Security Response (since iOS 16) has improved patch speed,   
   > but it hasn't reduced the number of zero-days being exploited.   
   >     
   >   
   >  2020: iOS=5  Pix/Gal=2  Cum iOS=5   Cum Pix/Gal=2   
   >  2021: iOS=12 Pix/Gal=3  Cum iOS=17  Cum Pix/Gal=5   
   >  2022: iOS=9  Pix/Gal=2  Cum iOS=26  Cum Pix/Gal=7   
   >  2023: iOS=13 Pix/Gal=3  Cum iOS=39  Cum Pix/Gal=10   
   >  2024: iOS=10 Pix/Gal=2  Cum iOS=49  Cum Pix/Gal=12   
   >  2025: iOS=7  Pix/Gal=2  Cum iOS=56  Cum Pix/Gal=14   
   >   
   > But all of these are undercounts as zero-days are classified differently.   
   > For example, webkit zero-days are omitted in the above, as are chrome.   
   >   
   > But it gives us a rough idea where if the Apple trolls want to claim that   
   > iOS is "more secure" than Android flagships like Pixels & Galaxies, let's   
   > see their data.   
      
   What's the verifiable source of this data? Is it Bing + CoPilot?   
      
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