I think my method is better. But I don’t have the big-name recognition of Apple. So I’m really not surprised.
Posted on 02/26/2026 6:11:06 PM PST by House Atreides
On Thursday, Apple announced iPhone and iPad are the first and only consumer devices in compliance with the information assurance requirements of NATO nations. This enables iPhone and iPad to be used with classified information up to the NATO restricted level without requiring special software or settings — a level of government certification no other consumer mobile device has met.
Apple designs security into all of its products from the start, ensuring the most sophisticated protections are built in across hardware, software, and Apple silicon. This unique approach allows Apple users to benefit from industry-leading security protections such as best-in-class encryption, biometric authentication with Face ID, and groundbreaking features like Memory Integrity Enforcement. These same protections are now recognized as meeting stringent government and international security requirements, even for restricted data.
iPhone and iPad previously received approval to handle classified German government data on devices using native iOS and iPadOS security measures, following an extensive evaluation by the Federal Office for Information Security (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, or BSI). Now, iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 are certified for such use in all NATO nations.
The approval marks a defining moment for Apple’s mobile platforms, as iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 are now listed on the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue in recognition of their built-in security capabilities.
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Porn? That’s the only thing those cretins keep classified on their devices.
I think my method is better. But I don’t have the big-name recognition of Apple. So I’m really not surprised.
Remember when Apple refused to crack open the data on one of their phones when the US government (I forget which agency) had requested it... Then that agency gave it to a tech firm in Israel... A day later they had all the information they needed.
Iphones are not secure... Never have been, never will be. That blackberry tech is still in use for secure info.
Hmmm...
Can’t seem to get anything NATO on my IPad...
Anybody have the password???
State collected the money for bogus accounts but is pretty sure that that monney was “disbursed” and did not go into the state treasury.
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