Is iPhone Safer Than Android, Why?
In the past, the feature phone is very simple, we use it to make a call, send message, play simple game. But now, as the technology going on, the world was already in the era of mobile internet. nowadays, the smart phone is not just a communication tool, but also a life helper can make payment, purchasing, booking a ticket, install various kinds of joyful APP, which enrich our life. As thus, the data in our smart phone is getting more complicated and sensitive, as our bank information, personal information, and some other important data are included as well. So we need not only a smart phone, but also a secure smart phone.
In the market, there are two kinds of smart phone -- iPhone and Android Phone. With respect to the security, iPhone is better than Android Phone, let's take a look why.
1. iOS is a closed system, Android is an open source system.
Apple can completely control the APP and the whole iOS eco system, the developer should strictly comply with Apple's development guide. So there is few virus and some trouble included. In your iPhone, you do not need to install a anti-virus APP. However if you use Android Phone, except for the Google Play that controlled by Google, there are so many third party APP store, like Tencent App Store, Huawei APP store, Xiaomi APP store, etc. some developers in these APP store might strictly comply with Google's development guide, then there might be some problem or even virus existed. So for the safety of Android phone, you have to install an anti-virus APP.
2. iOS encrypts MAC
iOS encrypts the MAC(Media Access Control) address, when the device is not connected to WiFi, the MAC address will change randomly, to keep other from tracking user's location when the device is not connected to WiFi or cellular network.
3. Secure Element security chip for Apple Pay.
Now, more and more people can use Apple Pay to proceed the payment when they buy something online or offline. The mobile payment is related to user's personal information and bank card information. It should be as safe as possible. In order to make the Apple Pay more safe, since iPhone 6/6 Plus, Apple integrated a specified Secure Element for encrypting transaction. When the user proceed the payment through Apple Pay, it will not use actual credit card or debit card, instead an independent "custom code" that stored in the Secure Element after encryption.
When user make payment, the secure element will generate an encrypted custom code, which will be sent to the server of Apple Pay for decoding , then confirm payment.
4. iOS upgrades more frequent and easily than Android Phone.
Upgrading the OS not only let us to enjoy the newest function, the more important is to fix the bugs, and enhance the security of our smart phone. For the iPhone user, even now he/she use iPhone 5S, he/she can directly and easily upgrade the iOS to the latest version. But for Android user, if he/she want to upgrade the Android version, he/she has to wait a bit longer time, or even has to buy a new one with the latest version of Android.
