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Unless you are a high-value target, Apple's security seems fairly sufficient for normal use (I have Android ;)). Companies like NSO Group that state that they play both sides without any moral compass seem like a great target for Anonymous or others. Imagine the client list, and banking information as a trail to blaze!

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This guy seems to be quite the high-value target to warrant 3 zero-days, on ios no less.

edit: What platform would be recommended, if you happen to be a high value target though. Using iOS at least seems to raise the cost of infiltration significantly judging by this http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/03/23/shoppin....

I agree with you on iOS being the better choice, which is why there's a wink to my owning Android. I am obviously not a high-valued target.

FWIW - I only journal with ink and paper. I never trust digital files, and I sometimes forget how many backups I have of the same photo or other file.

The other dimension to keep in mind is time. Governments can just cash out whatever {Vupen|Zerodium|rogue researcher} ask for, and get a 0-day for any major platform waiting there to be sold. Any obscure, probably less-secure platform has surely gone through less research and time becomes key: probably there will be no time to develop an exploit within your operational window.

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