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

IchNichtenLichten , 2 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.

emergencyfood , 2 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 , 2 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.

Maggoty , 2 months ago

I didn't think you understand how the military views security. It is not the same way you or I do.

IchNichtenLichten , 2 months ago

The issue isn't with the military, it's with the clickbaity journalism.

reddig33 , 2 months ago

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

IchNichtenLichten , 2 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.