Democrat Cyber Defenders Are Purging Androids In Favor Of iPhones
With the midterm elections and concomitant online threats looming, the Democrats are keen to avoid another digital disaster. As part of improving the digital defences across the party, the DNC is trying to get rid of Android devices, ZTE in particular, following the U.S. intelligence communities warnings about the Chinese manufacturer. A previous Reuters report noted Huawei was getting much the same treatment. And the DNC is choosing Apple over Google, promoting iPhones across not just its own staff, but campaigns, committees and state Democratic bodies too.
...one key reason for choosing iPhones over Androids was that Apple provided patches for security weaknesses quicker than Google's myriad device manufacturers.
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