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iPhone 7 Ousts Samsung Galaxy Note 4 As 'Device of Choice' For UK Defense Officials (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Stack: Apple is to offer its iPhone 7 as the "device of choice" for the UK military's secure communications. British telecom giant BT is said to be hardening the Apple device in order for it to be able to handle the Ministry of Defense's military communications, including state secrets and highly-sensitive data. While BT has not provided further details on the development, due to security reasons, the telco is reportedly in the process of upgrading the iPhone 7 to support various modes of operation and to add secure apps or "storage containers," as well as military-grade encryption features among other enhancements. The iPhone 7 will now replace Samsung's Galaxy Note 4 smartphone, which was originally selected for the project, as security in the Samsung model was found to be inadequate.
Is that like AES(AES(msg))?
Remote Attackers Can Force Samsung Galaxy Devices Into Never-Ending Reboot Loop: https://it.slashdot.org/story/...
Oh, that was just the Slashdot item before this one?
The defense people ought to select the most explosive device.
I wouldn't trust BT to secure a WIFI point let alone a military system.
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...how "the Samsung model" could have been chosen in the first place?
Because they want a good phone not an android shit box.
Because Apple has the same interests as UK, right! Let's put our secrets in their basket.
Proles do not care what the Inner Party uses to plot against us. Gimme me Victory Gin! Half liter will do. Not a whole liter. It makes my bladder run it does.
Meh, probably nothing. Samsung is a shit company and makes shit devices.
There are plenty of other good android phones, even better than the iPhone. Not Samsung, though. Android would be better off without them.
...because I have so much in common with UK Defence officials with my needs for a cell phone...
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
yes yes yes
If I was a Country I'd develop my own phone for such a "delicate" thing like secret data communication. I would'nt trust anyone.
If you trust a consumer-grade device with state secrets then you have lost before you even began.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
Definitely far less than what they *didn't* pay to Ireland (yah, you mention it, but it was too subtle for the TRUMPbots around here, simple souls they are.
When I want to harden my device, I simply watch porn.
The problem is that Android devices are less securable. All they're doing to these is installing some profiles and apps for remote management, the 'military grade' encryption features are just the OS'es AES-256 device encryption, it's not like they're making their own system. Android binaries and chipmakers are also heavily controlled by Chinese interest.
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... secure phones.
We're all asking, "what's the next big thing in smart phones (and tablets)?"
It seems that just about everything's been done:
- Nice, big screens
- Advanced cameras
- Speedier processing
- Multitasking
- Sensor accuracy
What's missing is security.
I foresee "dark" phones and tablets that are ad-free -- for a price, of course.
Apple continues to #resist pressure to sell insecure products because that's not what the consumers want; especially in the high-end business and government markets.
Internet advertising is saturating bandwidth, similar to what email spam did in the past, and is largely ineffective
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
A recent study found that classified data has been leaking out of headphone jacks for years!
I just figured MOD was looking to add more courage
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Samsung makes android mainstream. If you asked normal people to name an android phone you are going to hear a lot Samsung. Surethane, other manufactures might do it better, but it's Samsung volume that motivates app developers to consider the andoid platform.
So this is America, infighting with dick wavers vs whiners... No normal people? Or they're either too submissive or embarrassed
If they would have chosen a more advanced Samsung product such as the Note 7, they would have scored a dual use device: MI6 agents could use the device as an explosive, triggered simply by solving all the Brexit-related issues with the Prime Minister on the phone.
UK Defence officials purchase current generation phone instead of an old generation that the vendor has tried to supersede.
What other revelations are we going to find about now? That the UK defence department opted to buy desktop PCs instead of typewriters?
These are several generations apart. Normally newer models of things are better.
Doesn't surprise me.
Samsung couldn't program their way out of a paper bag. And I speak as someone who spent lengthy time at the Samsung Suwon Digital City, Korea.
Their software engineering is probably as bad, or maybe even worse, than their industrial design.
iDevices are made in China from parts made in China
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No more accidentally deleting matters of national inconvenience. It's all in the iCloud!
I can hear your mum calling you up from the basement for your supper little guy
Meh, probably nothing. Samsung is a shit company and makes shit devices.
There are plenty of other good android phones, even better than the iPhone. Not Samsung, though. Android would be better off without them.
Sure. Problem is, none of them make money selling Android phones, so nobody knows when they'll stop selling and supporting them.