Has someone done a thorough deep dive into both iOS and Android's privacy stances as of current writing?
I ask the following since most of my friends just don't know which of the two to trust anymore although they clearly dont trust Google more. Not so much that they would consider getting a Librem 5[1] but are very wary of either OS given the spate of privacy violations in general, off late and given the heightened concerns over the surveillance era we currently live in.
So I ask, have they found conclusive evidence for either iOS or Android to be putting money where their mouth is, exclusively in the areas of privacy and customer data protection?
Or is it just mostly glib statements with not much in the way of substantive deployments to safeguard users?
Sundar Pichai recently said something on the lines of "Privacy should not be a luxury good", subtly taking a dig at Apple.
"To make privacy real, we give you clear, meaningful
choices around your data. All while staying true to two
unequivocal policies: that Google will never sell any
personal information to third parties; and that you get
to decide how your information is used.[2]
Is there any meat to any of this, as of this writing?
Simply put if you didn't mind sacrificing a few bells and whistles which of the two OSes would your next phone have?
Android or iOS?
I ask the following since most of my friends just don't know which of the two to trust anymore although they clearly dont trust Google more. Not so much that they would consider getting a Librem 5[1] but are very wary of either OS given the spate of privacy violations in general, off late and given the heightened concerns over the surveillance era we currently live in.
So I ask, have they found conclusive evidence for either iOS or Android to be putting money where their mouth is, exclusively in the areas of privacy and customer data protection?
Or is it just mostly glib statements with not much in the way of substantive deployments to safeguard users?
Sundar Pichai recently said something on the lines of "Privacy should not be a luxury good", subtly taking a dig at Apple.
Is there any meat to any of this, as of this writing?Simply put if you didn't mind sacrificing a few bells and whistles which of the two OSes would your next phone have? Android or iOS?
[1] Librem 5 smartphone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librem#Librem_5_smartphone
[2] Google’s Sundar Pichai: Privacy Should Not Be a Luxury Good
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/opinion/google-sundar-pic...