A military project carried out by the British Army, to facilitate the rapid transfer of secret information between members of the army, will not be based on Samsung terminals, but on the iPhone 7. According to representatives of the army, Samsung terminals are not secure enough to facilitate such communications of secret information between the military.
Instead, a modified iPhone 7 will be used by the military for the transfer of secret information, and this because it offers more security for the military. The decision is a very important one, because it highlights the high level of security offered by iOS in contrast to the Android platform, as we have known for a very long time already.
British Telecom will deal with the additional security of the iPhone 7 terminals, but also with some changes based on which phone calls will be able to be made both in standard and secure mode. Separately, the storage media of the iPhone 7 will be additionally secured by British Telecom to allow the storage of confidential information, Samsung and Android not being able to facilitate such a level of security.
It is not known how much these changes made for the iPhone 7 will cost, but because we are talking about the army and national security, it doesn't really matter anymore. Important for Apple is the fact that its terminals will be used to administer secret information and secure calls, and this will convince other governments to use iPhone terminals in the future.
"The iPhone 7 is being turned into a phone capable of safeguarding military-level secrets for the UK armed forces. Telecoms giant BT is hardening the security of the device to allow UK military personnel to use it to discuss state secrets and for storing sensitive data. However, beyond security, the main consideration that edged out the Samsung Note was that the iPhone 7 was already widely deployed within the MoD."
The iPhone 7 was also chosen because it is widely used by the British military, and its competitor was a Galaxy Note 4, although tests were probably also made on newer models of Samsung terminals.
