iOS Has App Permissions, Too: And They’re Arguably Better Than Android’s

http://www.howtogeek.com/177711/ios...too-and-theyre-arguably-better-than-androids/

nice informative article

i was planning on buying a nexus 5 and giving my iphone to a niece but reading that article has made me think twice (along with the forum comments)

i had no idea android had a 'take it all or leave it all' attitude with regards to app permissions!

 

You'll need to root to selectively disable app permissions.

 

I do prefer the way iOS handles permissions. Until I read the article I thought that Android was better in that regard. I still would never own an iPhone or iPad though.

 

This bit from "How iOS Permissions Work"

makes it sound as though you can't enable/disable Internet access on an app by app basis. Is that actually the case?! Is there a practical work-around on iOS?

 

The article, to me, basically reads as:

If you don't know what a Terminal is, iOS is better.

If you do, Android is better.

All I know is that as root on Android, XPrivacy (Xsposed Framework) and AFWall+ Allow complete control over app privacy, up to, and including spoofing data. Two ROMs I know of, include AppOps as well, Slim and Purity...there may be others. There's also a few 4.4 apps that bring back AppOps. Then there's all the other stuff like hosts files, MAC spoofing, etc...

What would *really* be a good article, would be one where they lock down both a rooted Nexus device, and a Jail Broken iOS device.

What does Moxie use?

 

FWIW Andriod appears [currently] to have a MUCH MUCH larger attack vector as it relates to malware and viruses as well. I am currently going through a mobile device management initiative at work (over the past 6 mos) and every ounce of evidence that I have come across points to how enormous the driod attack vector is, and how difficult the devices are to secure [to a reasonable level]. The flip side is that if you know what you are doing / want to code / etc the ability to secure andriod is more accessible than iOS.

Andriod is so wide open in terms of development that it is a double edged sword...you can do ANYTHING, but so can every person you download an app from. iOS closes that model, so apps are safer out of the box, but you rely on Apple for that security and you have less abuility to verify and secure your own device.