Sind iPhones wirklich besser für die Privatsphäre? Studie von iOS- und Android-Apps

Die Studie »Are iPhones Really Better for Privacy? Comparative Study of iOS and Android Apps« hat sich mal der Fragestellung gewidmet, ob iPhones tatsächlich besser für die Privatsphäre sind. Lesenswert – das Ergebnis ist aber, zumindest für mich, nicht überraschend:

While it has been argued that the choice of smartphone architecture might protect user privacy, no clear winner between iOS and Android emerges from our analysis. Data sharing for tracking purposes was common on both platforms. Android apps tended to share the AdId, which can be used for tracking users across apps, more often than iOS apps. Permissions, that both Apple and Google deem as particularly dangerous and require user opt-in, were more common among iOS apps (although Android also has a greater range of permissions deemed ‘not dangerous’ and do not require opt-in). On both platforms, we found widespread potential compliance issues with US, EU and UK privacy law (e.g. by tracking users without the necessary (parental) consent, or by sending personal data to countries without an adequate level of data protection).

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Ich habe diese Fragestellung übrigens schon Anfang 2019 beleuchtet: Datenschutz: Android vs. iOS.

tl;dr: Nein, iPhones sind nicht besser für die Privatsphäre – auch wenn Apple dieses Image gerne verbreitet.

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