[varispeed]

Apple should stop doing security by obscurity in the first place. People have no way finding out whether their phones have been compromised. Lockdown mode is just a cope mechanism for phones likely already compromised and there is no guarantee lockdown mode cannot be bypassed.

Apple hardware is inherently insecure and it is bizarre that Apple keeps burying their head in the sand.

[unsupp0rted]

Aren’t their devices the most secure on the mass market?

More than non-obscure phones, laptops, desktops… washing machines, robot vacuums, doorbells, you name it

[varispeed]

Yes, but you can use anti-virus software on other platforms which can detect many threats.

Also just because others are not great, doesn't excuse Apple from being very much negligent.

I know many people who bought Apple products specifically because of the myth that they are secure. They were in fact mis sold. There is common thinking that no anti virus software = no viruses = secure among non technical crowd.

[walterbell]

> the most secure

Except for withholding iOS 18 security fixes when public exploits are fixed in iOS 26.

[unsupp0rted]

Even then. I'll take a leaky iOS 18 over pretty much any leaky Android or internet-connected TV or whatever.

iPhones are still the least bad option, for regular people who aren't planning to solder anything, select their boot loader on launch, or recompile a kernel.

[buggeryorkshire]

My Pixel 8 Pro is more secure than your iOS 18 handset Apple don't care about.

[unsupp0rted]

https://x.com/protonvpn/status/2034400966590496834

[robocat]

You are claiming that based on information you don't have (the future). At least you could call it a prediction rather than state it as an obvious disfact.