XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: marianjones@helpfulpeople.com   
      
   >> It's obvious why.   
   >> There isn't a professional security researcher on the planet who says that.   
   >   
   > Only Isreali army intelligence. Who know a thing or two.   
      
   Chris, you're clearly being confused by two very different things.   
    a. platform selection,   
    b. and comparative security claims.   
      
   When an organization standardizes on iOS or Android, that decision is   
   almost never a blanket endorsement of one platform being "way more secure."   
      
   At a technical level, platform choice reflects a combination of:   
      
   Ecosystem control and supply-chain assurance   
    Some entities prefer Apple's vertically integrated hardware/software   
    stack. Others prefer Android because it allows custom ROMs, hardware   
    diversity, or integration with existing secure supply chains.   
      
   Device management and policy enforcement   
    MDM/EMM capabilities differ between platforms. Some organizations   
    need Apple's supervised-mode restrictions; others need Android   
    Enterprise's work-profile isolation or OEMConfig extensibility.   
      
   Customization and hardening requirements   
    High-security environments often deploy hardened Android builds   
    (e.g., AOSP-based, GrapheneOS-style, or vendor-hardened enterprise   
    variants) because Android's architecture allows deeper modification   
    than iOS. That flexibility is a feature, not a security flaw.   
      
   Operational constraints   
    Procurement pipelines, existing tooling, developer ecosystems,   
    and mission-specific apps all influence platform choice.   
    None of these equate to "this OS is more secure."   
      
   That's why your IDF example doesn't support your claim.   
    The IDF did not assert that iOS is "way more secure."   
      
   They made a platform decision based on their operational and architectural   
   needs. Meanwhile, many other militaries, intelligence agencies, and   
   critical-infrastructure organizations choose Android-based hardened devices   
   for equally valid security reasons.   
      
   If you want to argue that iOS is categorically more secure than Android,   
   that's a separate technical debate, which is one that involves sandbox   
   models, update cadence, exploit markets, kernel attack surfaces, and OEM   
   fragmentation.   
      
   But it's not something you can infer from a single organization's   
   procurement choice.   
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