Security Service. What is better, iOS or Android? Why are queues for the new iPhone X build? Opinion of psychologists iphone and android from the point of view of psychology

A strange title, isn't it? The author must have crushed if I decided to compare iOS Securitythat even the FBI can not hack, and the leakage bucket called Android. But I'm serious: Android and iOS can even be compared. Not then to once again prove that iOS is much better. And because IOS loses.

A few months ago, Oleg Afonin from Elcomxoft wrote about how well the smartphones are protected on different mobile platforms. Epic, the final part of Android turned out to be the final part of Android, where he spread the system in the fluff and dust and called the longer from all the big three (iOS, Windows Phone / Mobile, Android).

We have long discussed on this topic and eventually agreed that it is worth adding my insert to the article, with an alternative look at the problem. In a nutshell, the essence of the insertion: Oleg, as a specialist in mobile forensics, knows better than others that hacking the average smartphone on Android is much simpler than the iPhone. I tried to say that the problem is more not in Android, but in devices, working on it. And much depends on what specifically the smartphone you use.

Like Oleg, I am convinced that the iPhone is much safer than android smartphones. This is an obvious fact that arises from the fact that Apple fully controls the ecosystem of its devices: its iron, its only one App Store., rapid updates directly from iOS developers, Nobody contributes to the OS, except Apple itself. The company not only develops iOS, but also manages everything around it, including the devices themselves.

However, if you look a little near a different angle and compare not devices, not an ecosystem, not all this layer of services and technologies created around iOS and Android - if you drop it all and compare Android and iOS as separately taken OS, then the picture becomes far from such unambiguous.

For a start, a small plate:

• iPhone OS 1.0 - hacked after 11 days;
• iPhone OS 2.0 - hacked 35 days later;
• iPhone OS 3.0 - hacked after 2 days;
• iOS 4.0 - hacked after 2 days;
• iOS 5.0 - hacked after 1 day;
• iOS 6.0 - hacked on the same day;
• iOS 7.0 - hacked after 95 days;
• iOS 7.1 - hacked 25 days later;
• iOS 8.0 - hacked 35 days later;
• iOS 8.1.1 - hacked after 12 days;
• iOS 9.0 - hacked after 28 days;
• iOS 9.1 - hacked after 142 days;
• iOS 10 - hacked after 106 days.

It shows how many days have passed between the release of the new version of IOS and the first jailbreak. In the context of the security discussion, this is a very important table, because technically jailbreak is nothing but getting root rights. BUT root rightsIn turn, give full control over the device, and you can only get them in one way - bypassing the protective mechanisms of the OS.

You can say that Android is also routing all to anyone who is not too lazy, and you will be right. However, there are many nuances, including factors such as a frequent opportunity to get root "legally" (unlocking the bootloader), the existence of a huge amount of devices on MTK processors, in which the loader is not blocked, as well as holes that are not directly related to Android and They appeared thanks to the cricarofing of the manufacturer.

In general, the similar table for Android is almost impossible, but we can compare iOS and Android, using some other data. Look:

1. Android - 1308 vulnerabilities.
2. iOS - 1275 vulnerabilities.

This is the number of ever ever found vulnerabilities in iOS and Android according to Covedetails.com. Android ranks first, IOS is a little behind. Already only this information is enough to dispel the myth that Android is a sieve breathe, and IOS is an impregnable fortress. But we will go a little further and take a look at the vulnerability themselves.

At the time of this writing, the last three Android vulnerabilities were such:

1. The Lockscreen On Elephone P9000 Devices (Running Android 6.0) Allow Physically Proximate Attackers to Bypass a Wrong-Pin Lockout Feature by pressing Backspace After Each Pin Guess.
2. All Qualcomm Products with Android Releases from Caf Using The Linux Kernel, A Race Condition in a WLAN Driver Can Lead to a Use After FREE CONDITION.
3. All Qualcomm Products With Android Releases From Caf Using The Linux Kernel, A Race Condition in A USB Driver. CAN LEAD TO A USE AFTER FREE CONDITION.

One bug in the implementation of the lock screen in a cheap Chinese piece of plastic called Elephone P9000 and two vulnerabilities in Qualcomm branded drivers, the author - Qualcomm itself and which have the same attitude towards Android, which driver for video card NVIDIA has to Windows.

OK, it is quite possible, it is an accident and just a confluence of circumstances. Let's make a sample of 100 recent vulnerabilities:

• 29 - Qualcomm drivers;
• 28 - Android vulnerabilities;
• 20 - CAF core developed by Qualcomm;
• 9 - MEDIATEK drivers;
• 7 - Broadcom drivers;
• 4 - vulnerabilities in firmware manufacturers;
• 3 - NVIDIA drivers.

Total: Almost half of the vulnerabilities were found in the driver (and the corporate core) Qualcomm, less than a third - in the code of Android itself. The same sample for iOS:

• 99 - IOS vulnerabilities;
• 1 - Driver Qualcomm.

You, of course, can argue that my analysis is too primitive, I took the entire cut of vulnerabilities, including DOS in it, a low rating vulnerabilities and the like. But let's see the truth. I led statistics based on 100 vulnerabilities, it is 8% of all the existence of Bugs. If it is an unrepresentative sample, then I do not know what will be representative.

And now take a look at the most famous and terrible bugs, which have not been drumming on every corner. Here is an incomplete list for iOS:

• CVE-2009-2204 (up to 3.0.1) - watching malicious sMS messages can lead to an unexpected failure of the device or the execution of an arbitrary code;
• CVE-2010-3832 (up to 4.2) - remote code execution in the GSM modem processor;
• CVE-2012-0672 (up to 5.1.1) - remote code execution using a specially formed web page;
• CVE-2016-4631 (up to 9.3.3) - remote execution of code using the image in TIFF format on a web page, in a letter, message and similar;
• Trident (up to 9.3.5) - the user clicks on the link, after which Troyan makes jailbreak and placed in the system;
• BroadpwN (up to 10.3.3) - remote code execution through sending specially formed Wi-Fi-Frames (the same bug is present in android smartphones).

For Android, you can bring the same list, and more than half it will consist of found in 2015-2016 stagefright bugs. The only difference is that the IOS bugs quickly forget, they simply cease to be relevant due to updating all devices to the new version of the OS. But the Android bugs remember for a long time, because even two-year vulnerabilities remain relevant to millions of devices.

If we talk about vulnerabilities, iOS is definitely not the most protected OS, and Android is not the smallest. But the average android medium smartphone is a solid. All these modifications added by the manufacturer, bugs in corporate loaders, eternal problems with updates - all this reduces to no effort Google make Android safer.

Therefore, if you choose a smartphone on Android, follow several advice.

• The best choice is Nexus, Pixel and smartphones Android One.. They work under the "pure" Android and get operational updates For three years (two years of ordinary updates and one year of security updates).
• If a the best choice impossible, look in the direction of the smartphone for which there is official Support LineageOS, first of all it is Samsung and Oneplus. If the manufacturer stops updating the device, you will always have the opportunity to go to LineageOS and continue to receive updates.
• Don't hope that yours chinese smartphone On the MTK processor it will be difficult to hack. A person with the most initial preparation will decay the data from it to account once.

If your choice is iPhone, then you have no problems at all. No matter how much bugs were found in iOS, Apple will close them within two weeks.

In Russia, the official sale of the new iPhone X was launched. In Moscow, Kazan and St. Petersburg, buy a fashionable gadget so far only in several official sales points. From morning on November 3, on the first day of sales, there were queues in 200-300 people, and mainly schoolchildren and students stand in queues, who are unlikely to acquire an expensive smartphone to their own funds.

Channel employees appealed to psychologists with a request to explain the "iPhone queue" phenomenon. According to experts, people who are storming shopping from early morning can be different motivation and goals.

"Many people will present themselves through things," says Alexander Levina, psychologist Vita-ars.ru. - With an iPhone x in the package, there are some more messages to other people, all together or everyone. 1. "I am exceptional" (a new expensive model will not be Maine Stream). 2. "I'm rich" (I can afford - worthy of respect). 3. "I'm faithful apple companies" (most often new iPhone Bought instead of the phone of the same brand of the previous model. There is a need for accessories) .4. "I'm going up with the times" (only the model came out - she is for me). "

Psychotherapist Marina Kudryashova believes that the "iPhone" tightly takes the market as "Adidas", "Toyota" and other brands. "This is a gadget, which at the expense of advertising has gained wide popularity and has become a" fashionable accessory ", technically quite well," she emphasizes. - pricing policy is connected exclusively with the brand. Many young people want to be in the trend. " From the point of view of psychology, the desire to acquire a fashionable thing is due to the fact that people are social creatures. "Teenagers are much more important to be part of their social group than to think about the fact that this consumer loan they will have to pay the year, or even five years, - Kudryashova notes. "Fashion is something that splits a certain part of society."
Marina Kudryashova reminded that crowds are built behind the innovations of designer clothes, popular video games, TV shows. And this is due to the desire of people to remain in their social group, to be its full part, to be able to communicate in the same wave.

According to the candidate of psychological sciences Yulia Guseva, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology of Human RSUP them. A.I. Herzen, the desire to buy an iPhone can stand fears and human complexes.
"One of the motives that people buy too expensive things and even lined up in line for a purchase is the motive of prestige. Enjoy the thing that the most surrounding people does not have to stand out. That is why many want to become the first owner of the believed thing. Why a person stand out in this way, this is the next question, "says Guseva. - For one - this desire to attract attention to themselves, for the other - to increase its significance in the eyes of others, for the third - the fear of being rejected by those who possess any thing is very significant for whom.

- A popular application for shooting, editing and ballography photos -, after whole a year and a half after the release on the iPhone. Until that time, Android owners could only observe with envy, as their friends-iPhonods take off and share photos with members of an increasing social photo network, which by the time of the Android exit scored as many as 30 million users.

Such a protracted porting Instagram with iOS on Android is not at all. For example, a well-known game appeared on Android after a whole year after the release on the iOS, and for it it took twice the time. Thus, obviously, a significant delay between the releases of popular applications on the iPhone and Android is not something out of a series of outgoing. However, the opposite movement - from Android on the iPhone - it happens extremely rarely. There are two key reasons why there is such dichotomy: money and simplicity.

In fact, if the application is not a Google product, with a large share of probability, the Android version will be released only after the release on the iPhone. Of course, the Android phones earlier received the Gmail application. However, it is very rare to observe how a large application first goes on Android. Even the fact that every month Android significantly improves its market share has not been helped in solving this situation.

According to Gina Münster, authoritative analyst of Piper Jaffray, Android Market (later renamed to Google Play.) Creates only 7% of the revenue of the App Store. How, from 85 to 90 percent of all dollars spent on the purchase mobile applications, it takes exactly in the App Store.

In fact, we are talking about large amounts. Last year, the iPhone 4S Apple presentation announced that the company paid to the developers of the App Store more than 3 billion dollars. (Recall that Apple takes a fraction of 30% from each application of the application).

We can only guess why most of the device owners on Android are not ready to spend money on the purchase of applications. And this is an endless problem - due to lower incomes, many developers are forced to switch to the side of the App Store.

However, the factor of money cannot fully explain the problem. It cannot justify this huge time delay, which was required by Instagram for the release of the Android version. In addition, Instagram is free appAnd companies still have to decide on its business model. No, the second half of the problem is explained ...

Maximum simplicity

Thus, we came to the conclusion that many mobile application developers do not choose Android, because the platform does not bring the incoming income. However, another problem for developers is the question of whether it is possible to create excellent programs For the platform. Creating an excellent iPhone application is not so easy. Creating an excellent Android application comparing the impossible.

Every day, more and more developers prefer not to plan the release of the version of their Android application at all. Damn, developers of the popular game Infinity Blade for iOS, that they "can not guarantee" the corresponding quality of work on Android - because there is so much various devices With Android. All these devices can have different processors, different display sizes and a different amount of integrated memory.

Of course, partly it is typical for the iPhone: the newest iPhone 4S got best processor Compared to iPhone 4, which in turn has a more advanced processor than the previous iPhone 3GS model. However, the developers for iOS are confident that the next generation of the iPhone will not less Powerful than preceding. After powerful smartphone On Android from HTC can follow the less powerful from Samsung. Some devices with Android have physical buttons, some are not.

However, this problem lies not only from the point of view of the "glands". Various smartphones on Android have various versions operating systemand users have no guarantee that the phone bought today will support new version Android in a month. In the case of iPhone, it is Apple that makes a decision. In the case of Android, the solution accepts the operator and a separate manufacturer of phones.

The latest version of Android called Ice Cream Sandwich is currently working less than on Android. (Approximately 64 percent of Android devices work on the Gingerbread version, which was presented at the end of 2010).

Of course, everything is radically on the contrary. Recently, we are already that 15 days after about 80 percent of users updated on the last iOS version 5.1.

I will give such a comparison. Imagine that Android devices are printers, and to create an application to developers need to make ink. You also always feel slightly lost when you come to the Stationery store for ink cartridge for your printer? Even one brand has a huge number of models and sizes. So, developers under Android need to create such inks that would work with all printers at the same time.

In terms of IOS, everything is much easier. If you draw an analogy with printers, the following devices with iOS will print faster and better, but they will still work with old ink cartridges.

Game continues

If you like Android, you buy a device with Android. You either do not buy a lot of applications, or at best buy available applications available for you. You can state the fact that most of the most interesting mobile developments remain you "overboard". It is your right.

If you choose iOS, you will win. You buy the device you want. App Store is looking forward to you to satisfy mobile needs.

Honestly, for developers, it is not particularly necessary to choose. When you work in business, you do not choose between platforms based on your feelings or whims, you choose the path that is most profitable for your business. Obviously, today it is iOS.

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10 most productive smartphones according to Benchmarck Antutu

Top models iPhone. Excellent flagships on Android both at the speed of completion of complex tasks and in synthetic tests. For example, with the newest A11 Bionic chip recoduls 2-minute 4K-videos in Adobe Clips in 42 seconds, from Google it takes almost 3 minutes, and Samsung Galaxy S8 - Over 4 minutes. In the most popular applications for GEEKBENCH and Antutu performance testing, the first places with a large margin also occupy new iPhone.

2. iPhone possess the best cameras

Alone the best cameras Samsung has SAMSUNG among Android smartphones Galaxy Note. 8 I. Google Pixel. 2/2 XL. The first copes perfectly with the subject shooting, and the other two are able to surprise nightfoots and photos in HDR mode. However, in the test, which also includes simple scenes with natural light and portrait mode, iPhone 8 Plus still wins. In most cases, it will allow you to get much better and pleasant to the eye pictures.

3. Best software and hardware integration

Each technical innovation in the iPhone is integrated with a multitude of iOS software functions. This provides additional features and simply provides new sensations from the use of the device.

In an example, you can bring the technology with which a stronger click on the icon allows you to open a small menu and immediately go to certain application functions. Another example is a unique portrait mode with studio light on the iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X. It is provided additional camera and branded photo processing algorithms.

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Also, it is also impossible not to note the technology of user recognition on the face. It works at the TrueDepth sensor set and artificial Intelligence. It is the latter that allows you to recognize the owner even in the headdress or with a beard. All these features are laid at the level of the system itself, while Android devices are limited to their own shell. To make such functions become available to all, Google itself should take care of them.

4. iPhone remains the easiest to use smartphone

Despite all the promises of Android-smartphones manufacturers, optimize their own and make them more easy, iOS on the iPhone remains the easiest and intuitive system. It is possible to reproach it for the lack of external changes, but for many design preservation, on the contrary, is a plus. Apple from year to year improves iOS, while maintaining its simplicity and recognizable appearance. Changes your iPhone 6 on the iPhone 8, you will not have to re-study the interface and search for familiar features. In addition, there is a convenient transfer function of all necessary data.

5. Operational and large-scale iPhone updates

Fresh iOS 11 distribution schedule, according to MixPanel

The undisputed advantage of the iPhone is the updates of the system that are coming almost the same day to all compatible models. For example, according to the MixPanel analytical company, the iOS 11 is already installed by more than 70% of all iPhone. Latest statistics for distribution android versions No comparison is coming. Fresh OREO is currently installed only by 0.5% of devices, and last year's Android 7 Nougat has not even crossed the mark of 25%.

6. The best applications first appear on iOS

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Many games and applications to this day initially go to iOS, and already after some time they appear on Google Play. The example can also be brought and, and Snapchat. Even Instagram on Android became available only two years after the debut in the App Store. Developers are much more profitable to create applications for iOS, as, according to statistics, only in the United States, the average user has spent 47 dollars on the App Store applications for the application. For Android and Google Play, this indicator is 30 dollars.

7. The absence of pre-installed "garbage"

Having full control over software iPhone, Apple completely eliminates the possibility of the appearance of pre-installed applications from third-party developers. This applies to both the operator services and the partner software that can be found on many Android smartphones. It can be translators, additional browsers, unknown file managers, office utilities or games. Often unnecessary applications You can not even remove from memory.

8. Additional features when working with Mac

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FROM new feature "Continuity" Notifications about calls and messages on the iPhone can be taken directly through MacBook. You can also start writing an email or edit a document on the iPhone, and continue on Mac. Even universal, which allows you to copy the text on the smartphone and paste it into the document on the device with MacOS.

9. Best service and support

When there are any problems with an Android smartphone, you can try to find a solution on numerous online forums or come to the store, where the smartphone was purchased. The seller, depending on the problem, can send to service center. There, the device is usually delayed not for one week until the queue happens until it.

In the case of the iPhone, you have an extensive database of useful reference articles on the Apple website, as well as the opportunity to get a direct consultation in the chat with an employee service service. If the problem is not solved remotely, you can go to an authorized service center.

People began to see worse. According to the study of the famous British Okulist David Allamby, the number of shorters increased by 35% compared with 1997, when the smartphones were not and in risen, and cell phones Only started to go into use. If the progression continues, by 2035, more than half of people around the world (55%) will have weak vision.

Thanks to Allambey and his experiments even a special term appeared - on-screen myopia.

Is the vision really spoil?

Results these Research of British scientists can be believed - confirm the experts of the Russian RAMS Institute. The report says that reading from a small screen and even in an uncomfortable posture and with a sits of vision at times faster than, say, reading a paper book at home in bed.

"Under the blow" mainly are those users who, with the help of gadgets, cast trips to the subway, trains, route taxis. Vibration, change of illuminated and dark sections of the tunnel, shaking cars - all this prevents the look and makes it less often blinking. In addition to impairment, the use of devices in transport can cause headaches and even nausea.

Smartphones are also harmful as computers?

No, smartphones and 7-inch tablets are violated much more harm than computers. Of course, the reason is the screen diagonal. To see what It is written in the tiny, you have to bring the device too close to the eyes, and this negatively affects the concentration of vision and contributes to the destruction makula -plot of the eye, which allows a person to distinguish small details.

Do all the phones are equally harmful?

The famous ophthalmologist Andrew Hepford warns that violet and blue shades are applied the greatest damage. From this point of view, "fear" is primarily the displays, which are known for the uneven brightness of colors and the predominance of purple.

AMOLED displays have long been installed on the devices of the company, and their acidity (Excessively intense, untrue brightness) was the parable of "in the towns". It is clear that this characteristic also affects the eyes not in the best way.

How to use the gadget so as not to plant eyesight?

There are many recommendations on this matter, however the main thing is why you need to follow is the distance from the smartphone to the eye. Curious experiment organized by American " Magazine of optometry and science of vision» (« Journal of Optometry and Vision Science") Showed that out of 129 participants in experience did not hold the gadget at the required distance. People brings mobile devices to the face on average by 4-6 cm closer than the permissible.

What distance do you need to keep your smartphone?

In the publication of the same " Journal»The rule" 1 – 2 – 10 ", To follow, should anyone who wants to stay with good eyesight. Rule says: The smartphone screen must be placed in 1 foot from the face (30 cm), the computer monitor is 2 feet (60 cm), " blue screen»TV - 10 feet (3 m).

Exercise "20-20-20" - What are we talking about?

« 20-20-20 "- a famous exercise recommended by ophthalmologists and allows not to overload the eyes when working with a smartphone or computer. Every 20 minutes of work should be discussed from the monitor and focus it for 20 seconds at any point located at a distance of about 6 meters (20 feet). This time will be enough to get the eyes of a well-deserved rest.

Is it possible to set up the phone so that the vision does not fit?

Adjusting the gadget settings, you can reduce the negative impact on vision. Primarily it should be installed quite a large font,to text on the screen, it is clearly visible from a distance of 30 cm. On Android-smartphones there are fonts of types " Large"And" Huge" The value of letters is regulated by a runner, which can be found in the section " Text size"In the main settings.

Also it is worth adjusting the brightness. It is necessary to proceed from how well the room is high. Remember: when in the dark you had to look at the too bright display, you felt physical pain. This is a big stress for the eyes! The owners of the iPhone are recommended to use the option " Autoward" (In chapter " Wallpaper and brightness»Settings) - It automatically adjusts the brightness of the display for external conditions and copes with this" with a bang. "

Set up the gadget so that the vision does not fit at allIt will not be possible - for this you will have to completely abandon the use of mobile devices.

Is it possible to preserve vision thanks to mobile accessories?

Accessories can also help. When using a smartphone, the screen whom he glances, the user needs to be prepared for the fact that the problems with vision will not make themselves waiting for a long time. Even small choppers lead to an overvoltage of the eyes. Get rid of glare easily - need to stick on the screen a fruit film. This accessory is inexpensive and also durable. As a bonus, a matte film will protect the display from scratches and fingerprints.

Another useful tool is contact lenses with HD optics. Lenses allow you to reduce eye load, even if the user reads with mobile device With poor light or with regular lighting shifts. In the Russian market, lenses with high-definition optics from the company are widely represented Bausch & Lomb..

Proper nutrition - Assistant Advanced Yuzer?

Vitamin A has a positive effect on vision. In large quantities, it is contained in fish, blueberries, carrots, eggs - it is precisely on these products to focus in a diet of a person who suffers from "gadget dependence". However, it is important to remember that well eat not enough to preserve vision. It is estimated: to compensate for the damage that gadgets are applied to the eyes, a person needs to eat 5-6 kg of carrots every day.

Is it worth worrying about visibility if you wear lenses or glasses?

Permanent "Communication" with a smartphone also has a negative impact on the vision of people who use contact lenses or wearing glasses. If, let's say, on debt work, a person is forced to constantly "sit" in a smartphone or at a computer, it is recommended to contact an ophthalmologist. The doctor will help you choose the optics, taking into account the health of the eyes and professional activity of a person.

There are several recommendations for those who do not think the ride in the subway or in a taxi without reading. First of all, such people should think about acquiring an electronic book with technology E-ink. Such books do not have the backlight, their pages are visually similar to ordinary paper, the font value can be customized by anything - due to this negative impact on vision is minimal. Plus electronic books E-ink lies in long autonomous work - Since energy is consumed only to turn pages, the device can do without recharging for a whole month. Minus - High Cost: e-books lately rose generally, and deviss E-ink It will cost the buyer in the amount of about 10 thousand rubles.

Paper literature also does not need to be discarded from the accounts. When reading text with paper, the eyes are strained much less than when concentrating on a tiny screen of a smartphone - therefore, a negative effect below. Objection to buy real Books are expensive, as a rule, unreasonably. Business literature can really fly "in a penny"; Artistic for sale in online stores Ozon. and Book24. Practically for nothing. Libraries also no longer canceled - here you can take a book for free.