Our phones aren’t safe

This isn’t news or a panicked overreaction, just a reminder that our phones aren’t inherently safe and we can’t pretend they are. The years of thinking phones aren’t as vulnerable as a computer or one brand is safer than another are over. Google’s Project Zero has recently posted about sustained targeted attacks against iOS devices over the past two years. A flood of 0-day iOS exploits for sale has pushed their market price below that of 0-day android exploits. A popular app on the Google Play store with over 100 million downloads contained malware that scams advertiser clicks.
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