These exploits are highly targeted, they aren't just flying around hitting random devices.

> they aren't just flying around hitting random devices.

For the moment, but only until other wankers reverse engineer the security flaws based on the updated 16.6.1 firmware from Apple. After that you too are vulnerable if you haven't updated.

I understand that, and I'm partially assessing that in the context of any high targets who might be using the latest Android flagship, that frankly still suffers from the same problem as all Android phones.

Best way to secure your devices is to not be a target!

/s

1-day / n-day zero click nso exploits are certainly not available in kali linux.

Google devices offer such better security posture than other Android manufactures.

Then there's the issue of privacy regarding Google devices.

I strongly suggest checking out the GrapheneOS project if Android security is of concern.

Unless proven by leaked testimonials I would not fully trust GrapheneOS to be fully safe either. Maybe they have zero days as well and we just didn't discover them because of obscurity but NSO bought them and uses them.

My dad used to say "Known devil is better than unknown angel."

I'd argue nothing is "fully" safe against zero-days - this is the nature of zero-days.

But GOS takes more security precautions than stock Android, so by that metric there is a greater chance it is unaffected by an unreleased zero-day.

But like I said, there really is no way to know. That goes for Android, GOS, and iOS.