“The Democratic National Committee knows perhaps more than any other political body in America just how catastrophic a breach of its physical or digital defenses can be,” Thomas Brewster reports for Forbes. “With the midterm elections and concomitant online threats looming, the Democrats are keen to avoid another digital disaster. As part of improving the digital defences across the party, the DNC is trying to get rid of Android devices, ZTE in particular, following the U.S. intelligence communities warnings about the Chinese manufacturer. A previous Reuters report noted Huawei was getting much the same treatment. And the DNC is choosing Apple over Google, promoting iPhones across not just its own staff, but campaigns, committees and state Democratic bodies too.”
“That’s according to Bob Lord, the chief information security officer at the DNC. Lord, who was previously in the same role at tech giant Yahoo, told Forbes that one key reason for choosing iPhones over Androids was that Apple provided patches for security weaknesses quicker than Google’s myriad device manufacturers,” Brewster reports. “It’s little surprise DNC is favoring the iPhone. Apple has consistently tried to improve security on its flagship device and the latest iPhones come with some big updates.”
https://twitter.com/mattsta/status/1042081261538369536
“One of the more significant new features across Apple’s XS, XR and Watch 4 devices is a chip-level protection,” Brewster reports. “According to Adam Donenfeld, iOS cybersecurity researcher at Zimperium, it’s ‘the most advanced mitiation which Apple has ever released.’ ‘It closes a big chunk of vulnerabilities which everyone used and makes exploitation more difficult,’ he added.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Duh. Took ’em long enough to wise up.
SEE ALSO:
New Android malware records ambient audio, fires off premium-rate texts, and harvests files, photos, contacts, and more – March 2, 2018
Android malware apps with over 1 million downloads slip past Google Play defenses – twice! – September 14, 2017
How to upgrade from Android to a real Apple iPhone – August 21, 2017
Video: Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at Cisco Live, blasts Android’s shoddy security – June 26, 2017
Security expert: There are several reasons why Apple iPhones are more secure than Android phones – May 31, 2017
Russian hacker gang robbed Russian banks with over one million hacked Android phones – May 22, 2017
36 widely-used Android devices ship with malware preinstalled – March 14, 2017
The cost of free: More than one million Google Android devices hit by malware – November 30, 2016
Secret backdoor in U.S. Android phones sent location, text, contact data to China – November 15, 2016
Google’s Android platform has a serious flaw – August 23, 2016
And purge the Clintons to reduce the mafia-style politics within that party.
““The Democratic National Committee knows perhaps more than any other political body in America just how catastrophic a breach of its physical or digital defenses can be,””
Just ask Trump. “Hey Russia if you’re listening………”
It’s been determined the earth isn’t flat. I know, sometimes old beliefs are difficult to let go.
I recommend searching for Ben Franklin’s quote related to ignorance and stupidity.
US agencies currently investigating Trump on Russia:
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
The Senate Judiciary Committee
Special Counsel Mueller (FBI)
The FBI began investigating Trump when he was a candidate in 2016. Several Trump campaign and Administration officials have been charged and are currently working with the special counsel Mueller. In addition, Trump’s ex-personal lawyer and the CFO of the Trump organization are also working with the special counsel.
And none point to Russian collusion. Absolutely zero.
The defendant with the lengthiest sentence involved law breaking over 10 years ago having to do with personal financial matters. The case, again, has nothing to do with Russian collusion.
Another person lied about a conversation with the FBI and his sentence was 14 days. No federal crime is OK. I repeat, no federal crime is OK but again, the sentence has nothing to do with Russian collusion.
By the way, it seems you might need to know, “investigations” don’t equate with guilt. Got it BJ?
I still recommend looking at Benjamin Franklin’s quote. He has many others that you might find elucidating.
Apple security is good news for all politicians …
Politicians as whole have no analytical skills. This is why they grab a single parameter to characterize a complex problem. This also applies to media people. They will try to ignore problems such as that presented here.
“Politicians as whole have no analytical skills. This is why they grab a single parameter to characterize a complex problem.”
Which is why politicians always want to know “what do I get for that vote?”
That would be most of the Human race have no analytical skills, in America most live in the take more from the Federal government, Red States.
take more from the Federal govt.” Huh? It’s gotta be a mis-type?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_taxation_and_spending_by_state
It sure doesn’t seem likely any large group will be dumping their Android smartphones for iPhones considering most of the people on the planet care almost nothing about personal privacy.
Most don’t care until it’s gone.
The problem is, they don’t realize it when it’s gone. They only realize it way later, when it’s much too late.
I find it amazing that any politician would us an Android device over an iPhone. They should be prioritizing their security. Of course, they may be concerned their spouses could track them through Find My IPhone…
Never mind. I get it.