The experiment, conducted by CyberNews journalist Ernestas Napris, aims to find out which platform provides better app security. He installed the top 100 apps from the official app store on a factory-reset iPhone SE and a factory-reset Samsung Galaxy A52s, opened each app at least once, and then I gave it permissions and left the device idle. He also created Google, Apple, and social media accounts and linked them to several apps.

During this time, Naprys tracked all outgoing connections that the device made to external servers. He said, "The iPhone allowed him to surf the Internet 42% more actively than his Android phone." We discovered that you have submitted 2,323 requests. However, this is only part of the story. Android is not as secure as it seems. It has more connections with "unfriendly countries" than the iPhone.

According to Naprys, nearly 60% of requests from the iPhone were made to Apple servers located around the world. He also contacted Google (his 12% of queries) and Meta (4%) much more often than other companies. Meanwhile, only 24% of Galaxy phones contacted Android manufacturer Google. Facebook (12%) and Microsoft (11%) were other top targets. On Android smartphones, requests to Apple servers were "virtually non-existent."

Another interesting discovery was how the iPhone rejected social media app activity. On his Android smartphone, he received 200 requests, while for Facebook he only received 20 requests per day. TikTok generated only 36 requests on the iPhone over the five-day period. On Android, the social media platform generated around 800 requests per day, with the exception of Snapchat, which remained more active on the iPhone throughout the experiment.

Another area where Android performed poorly was the location of the servers it was connected to: the devices accessed servers in Russia and China more frequently than the iPhone. Naprys said Samsung phones were delivered to Russia about 13 times a day and to China about five times a day. By comparison, the iPhone's request never reached China, but it reached the Russian server six times within five days. All of these requests were made throughout the day.

Maplis explained. He said there was no obvious adware in the iPhone app. These represented a large platform behind them and were generally useful. On the other hand, many Android apps were adware that did not provide any benefits. However, Maprys speculates that "this may also be due to Apple's stricter policies towards developers in its closed ecosystem when it comes to privacy in general." It is idle. An iPhone may be less likely to connect to servers in unfriendly countries than his Android phone, but that may also depend on the app you use. You should always take precautions to protect your online privacy. Don't install apps from unknown sources or grant them permissions they don't need for normal functionality.