iPhone is more secure than Android smartphones, reveals study – Yahoo! News Brazil

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SAO PAULO – The iPhone is more secure against eavesdropping than smartphones with Android and BlackBerry system, according to a leaked document from a company surveillance products Gramma Group . The material details the compatibility of devices and operating systems with monitoring software.

According to the study, Android, BB10 operating system (BlackBerry) and other cell phones with older Microsoft operating systems are easily violated by FinFisher (or FinSpy) program, which can transform the smartphone into a surveillance device. The program allows you to listen to phone calls, steal contacts, track user location, access documents, among others.

However, the FinSpy have a hard time breaking into the iPhone, outrank when it is subjected to a “jailbreak” ( process that removes restrictions of the system used to install applications that are not authorized by the App Store).

According to The Washington Post, the information represents a threat, since Google’s Android, is the most widely used system in the world. “It is increasingly clear that Android is more vulnerable to Gramma,” said the publication. Sought by the Washington Post, the company did not comment

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