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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 58943" data-source="post: 802847">At the onset, you&#039;ll find less options with iOS for individual security applications and/or replacing core applications. For example SMS is really a bad thing to use, it&#039;s in plain text, your ISP, Govt.(depending) and Carrier all store your entire SMS history. This is why it is recommended to replace your core SMS with something like Signal. Android also allows you to utilize a wide array of third party adblockers, encryption tools, encrypted apps, VPN&#039;s and security products while iOS limits or in some cases completely eliminates those from your availability.iOS is used by a huge subset of high priority targets (mostly in USA) So there are off-the-shelf bypasses available for it, and not just from Cellebrite, Graykey or Drivesavers. iOS has had a string of &#039;strange&#039; bypasses that in my view shouldn&#039;t have ever passed Q&amp;A at Apple and I feel are suspicious, like the pin-code bypass from a few months ago. If you talk to folks in forensics most will tell you a &#039;properly&#039; setup Android is a major pain compared to iOS devices, and &#039;properly&#039; has to be stressed.However in all fairness, Apple does seem quite proactive in attempting to thwart such things, good on them. Also in all fairness there shouldn&#039;t be any illusions of great security in any mobile device at all&nbsp; IMO. However the closest we can get may be iOS&#039;s SOS Mode, hitting the power button 5 times in a row rapidly if you are about to lose control of your device effectively eliminates all potential foresensics on the device. I wish Android had that built in, but you are going to have to utilize a third party app to do that on Android. (and there are plenty available)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 58943, post: 802847"] At the onset, you'll find less options with iOS for individual security applications and/or replacing core applications. For example SMS is really a bad thing to use, it's in plain text, your ISP, Govt.(depending) and Carrier all store your entire SMS history. This is why it is recommended to replace your core SMS with something like Signal. Android also allows you to utilize a wide array of third party adblockers, encryption tools, encrypted apps, VPN's and security products while iOS limits or in some cases completely eliminates those from your availability. iOS is used by a huge subset of high priority targets (mostly in USA) So there are off-the-shelf bypasses available for it, and not just from Cellebrite, Graykey or Drivesavers. iOS has had a string of 'strange' bypasses that in my view shouldn't have ever passed Q&A at Apple and I feel are suspicious, like the pin-code bypass from a few months ago. If you talk to folks in forensics most will tell you a 'properly' setup Android is a major pain compared to iOS devices, and 'properly' has to be stressed. However in all fairness, Apple does seem quite proactive in attempting to thwart such things, good on them. Also in all fairness there shouldn't be any illusions of great security in any mobile device at all IMO. However the closest we can get may be iOS's SOS Mode, hitting the power button 5 times in a row rapidly if you are about to lose control of your device effectively eliminates all potential foresensics on the device. I wish Android had that built in, but you are going to have to utilize a third party app to do that on Android. (and there are plenty available) [/QUOTE]

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