So is an Android phone. You're conflating two different concepts, as I've explained. Openness leads to good security; possibly better security than being closed. We have many years of evidence of that in desktop and server systems (where Apple does not have the best security record, by a long stretch).<p>iPhone <i>can</i> have good security, <i>and</i> be a walled garden. But, the two are not closely related, and it's disingenuous, or at least misinformed about computer security history, to suggest that they are closely related. Open systems <i>can</i> have good security, <i>and</i> be very open. They are orthogonal issues, and I'm surprised that people here would make the mistake of believing they are the same thing.