iPhones are famously very secure devices, thanks to Apple’s finetuning of both the device itself and its App Store. However, a recent report suggests they could be a little less secure than otherwise thought, even if they are still outperforming Android.
Cybernews’ Ernesta Naprys has spent five days monitoring a fresh iPhone in Germany after installing 100 of the most popular apps. In that time, it made 16,542 DNS queries. These are essentially signs that a device is accessing servers from another place in the world. It made an average of 2711 to 4178 requests a day, with a spike of around 757 to 1865 around each day. However, it still continued to access servers while idle and during the user’s sleep. Naprys reports “Your iPhone does not go to sleep with you – it buzzes with activity, accessing your data and sensors”.
