The differences in the approach of encryption between the operating systems from Apple and Google are not technical in nature, but are caused by various business interests, says technologist and privacy advocate Chris Soghoian. Apple sells the iPhone a luxury good and the revenue is primarily employed by the buyer of the luxury good, which makes encryption and security high priority
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Strong security team Google
Google’s decision to encrypt standard Android phones earlier this year reversed quietly, to the chagrin of our security and privacy advocates. Apple put the other hand harder on encryption. Tim Cook agitated earlier this year against companies that lapped data on all sides and Apple fighting a ontgrendelverzoek of the US government.
The difference is certainly not caused by a lack of knowledge at Google, because the security guards at Google, according him very competent. “Google has by far the best security team on all companies in Silicon Valley and the security people I know ashamed to Google itself for Android,” Soghoian tells MIT’s Technology Review.
Why Google lags
Difference in business interests explains why according to him, Google lags behind Apple when it comes to encryption. At Google, security and encryption for its primary purpose (not selling a luxury good, but offering a mechanism to deliver commercials) less important than for Apple.
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