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South Korean military set to ban iPhones over ‘security’ concerns (www.straitstimes.com)

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[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Shitty headline. Their concern is that there's no way for a 3rd party app to disable the mic on iPhones. They're not worried about iOS being insecure, just that if someone wanted to use one to record sensitive conversations, there's no way they can stop that happening.

[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I’m surprised microphone and camera privileges aren’t part of any device management software.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Funnily enough, it's because of Apple's approach to security. There's no API available for 3rd party software to use because if there was, some asshole would find a way to abuse it.

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

The headline is technically correct. They are worried over iPhones being used in a manner that affects the security of the military base.

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's clickbait. People will be clicking to see if there's been a new vulnerability discovered. The writer knew exactly what they were doing.

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

That's also possible, considering the quotes around the word security.

[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago

but also informal communications such as private phone calls (within military buildings).

They are worried about iOS being insecure as it's been shown time and time again that iOS devices keep getting hacked and this kind of thing happens. Here is the latest issue with it from 12 days ago.

When dealing with the military, you need to make sure your devices are secure, not "well basic users most likely couldn't break into it."

Now, the title is terrible because it does point out later in the article that many devices will be banned, so it's most likely not just iPhones, but also off the shelf Samsung phones as well. They will most likely want a secure smartphone like a Samsung Tactical Edition smartphone, as those are secure and have military designs.