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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.
lol, just reminding you that Trump won
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?
Coincidence, I think not.
So why didn't they just improve the security on the Sammy, as they are doing it now with the ICrap?
Oh, wait, Apple is an American company and with Brexit looming we must suck up to US.
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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 Apple has the same interests as UK, right! Let's put our secrets in their basket.
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Ya know, it makes u wonder. how much companies like APPLE whom beg, and plead so much to be with the big boys. Concession after concession, all for the notion that our products are there. Oh and while we are at it, we'll make sure to open some major office in CORK, save an assload of taxes and claim we have to do this to support our products, not really showing any reaction either way to the TAX Liability that they are avoiding by doing so..
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...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.
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.
When I want to harden my device, I simply watch porn.
... 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
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
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.
No more accidentally deleting matters of national inconvenience. It's all in the iCloud!