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		Israel's IDF Bans Android Phones: iPhones Now Mandatory (forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman)
		28 points by teleforce 21 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 4 comments

tguvot 21 days ago | [–]

Before that IDF banned chinese cars from entering bases

https://www.jns.org/report-idf-bans-chinese-cars-from-bases-...

and then from used by officers

https://securityboulevard.com/2025/11/why-israel-just-banned...

asplake 21 days ago | | [–]

...for senior officers

jmclnx 21 days ago | | [–]

To me it hardly matters, I keep nothing important on my smart phone.

To me all cell phones are a cesspool of insecurity :)

xzjis 21 days ago | [2 more]

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OutOfHere 21 days ago | [–]

In case you forgot, Google Pixels are a subset of Android, and the same logic applies to Pixels.

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