This is absolutely untrue [1] and frankly, you have no clue what you are talking about. Please leave your platform cheerleading at the door.
iOS 6.x can be jailbroken on some older devices because the hardware is pwned. This is "Once I have physical access, I own the whole castle" in practice.
But the latest versions of iOS still haven't been broken on the 4S (which isn't owned hardware-wise), 5, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini.
IOW, the last two generations of iOS devices.
And when a version is jailbroken, Apple patches it pretty quickly -- thereby closing that vulnerability to malicious attackers.
> Apple have no magic up their sleeve that makes iOS 'more secure'
Actually, they have a range of security technologies that make iOS more secure. [2]
> Apple users are more proactive in updating because they're nagged by the interface they're forced to use (iTunes) to update.
I don't get nagged. I get a popup, which I can dismiss. And I get a little red 1 on my Settings icon. I am not nagged. But to tell the truth, I wish Apple would follow Android's suit and make it nag the living hell out of you. That would get more iOS users to stay current. But studies show they keep pretty current anyway and I'm not sure why it works so well, to be honest.
>Please leave your platform cheerleading at the door.
And then you link me to an Apple security document that basically says (but in Apple style) "we encrypt a lot of stuff and use standard kernel-level security".
If it's "standard", why is Google not doing it/doing it half-assed with Android? I think that's my entire point, which you continue to ignore.
I don't know of an Android version on any device that isn't rooted. There might be a few in the small minority, though. Most every bootloader, with the exception of several Motorola bootloaders, has been cracked/unlocked, etc.
This is absolutely untrue [1] and frankly, you have no clue what you are talking about. Please leave your platform cheerleading at the door.
iOS 6.x can be jailbroken on some older devices because the hardware is pwned. This is "Once I have physical access, I own the whole castle" in practice.
But the latest versions of iOS still haven't been broken on the 4S (which isn't owned hardware-wise), 5, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini.
IOW, the last two generations of iOS devices.
And when a version is jailbroken, Apple patches it pretty quickly -- thereby closing that vulnerability to malicious attackers.
> Apple have no magic up their sleeve that makes iOS 'more secure'
Actually, they have a range of security technologies that make iOS more secure. [2]
> Apple users are more proactive in updating because they're nagged by the interface they're forced to use (iTunes) to update.
I don't get nagged. I get a popup, which I can dismiss. And I get a little red 1 on my Settings icon. I am not nagged. But to tell the truth, I wish Apple would follow Android's suit and make it nag the living hell out of you. That would get more iOS users to stay current. But studies show they keep pretty current anyway and I'm not sure why it works so well, to be honest.
1.http://www.jailbrea.kr/
2. http://images.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_Security_May1...