By Michael Grothaus
It almost goes without saying: If you want the most privacy on your smartphone, you choose an iPhone over an Android device. Because of Apple’s business model of selling highly profitable hardware, the company doesn’t need to mine data about its users to make a buck. And thanks to techniques Apple uses, like differential privacy, Apple devices send 10 times less data to the company than Android devices send to Google–and that’s according to independent researchers. It’s no wonder that in the past year, Apple has aggressively advertised that one of the reasons you buy an iPhone is for privacy.
By Ryan Kh
Remediation rates for security flaws have been gradually declining, which is a worrisome sign as app-related security breaches escalate. According to recent research by WhiteHat Security, which analysed data collected from security scans of over 17 million applications.Organizations have recognized the importance of vulnerability detection but have failed to follow through on resolving security issues after they are uncovered.
