iPhones not safe and vunerable to hacking, MPs told
The Apple iPhone, one of the most popular mobile phones in Britain, is not safe from electronic snooping, government security experts have warned MPs.
Ministers in the Coalition have been told that they should not use iPhones for sensitive official communications.
Many ministers and advisers are devoted fans of the fashionable devices. But the touch-screen phones, used by about 4 million people in Britain, have not been approved by information security experts for use in Whitehall.
Whitehall departments have been advised not to issue iPhones to staff because of the risk that they might be vulnerable to hacking or other interference — a suggestion Apple denies.
Instead, ministers and staff have been advised to use BlackBerry devices and other approved phones.
