(02-05-2021, 07:24 PM)Jags Wrote: You keep separating Android and Apple.  But then say it’s the same either way.  Can you clarify on the difference?  I don’t imagine it would be any different on the search side.  But it is also my understanding that Apple was a little more secure.

My tldr answer is that they are the same thing.  Neither one is any more "secure" than the other.

Android is basically a Google thing.  Apple is well... an apple thing.  It's the same thing, just two different companies.  

Apple wants you to have an "Apple ID" in order to perform upgrades to their OS (at least that's my experience on a tablet).  Apple wants you to use Itunes to put songs on your device.  If you want to add a program (app) to your device you have to get it from their "app store".  The bottom line is, Apple has your "profile" or what they call "data".

Android (Google) wants you to "sign in" on Google which has your email, files, photos, etc.

Neither device or Operating System is "more secure" than the other.  They are essentially the same thing, and it doesn't have anything to do with the Operating System.

I'm going to get "geeky" here so you might not understand.  Both Operating Systems are based on Unix so they basically work the same.  It's just "how" they do things that makes them different.

An Android device wants you to "sign in" on Google.  An Apple device wants your "Apple ID".

The outlier here is Micro$oft which is not based on Unix.  They want you to have a "windows cloud" account or something like that.  They are basically trying to "catch up" to Google and Apple to mine data.  The difference is that Micro$oft is based off of their own Operating System which traditionally is inherently insecure.  That's not really the fault of Micro$oft entirely.  Their Operating System(s) are usually more vulnerable simply because they are more common and wide spread.

The bottom line is, it doesn't matter what platform you use (Apple IOS, Micro$oft Windows, etc.) either on your computer or your phone, one is not necessarily "more secure" than the other.

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