iPhone and iPad Approved for Classified NATO Restricted Information
Description
A screenshot of an Apple Newsroom 'Quick Read' announcement dated February 26, 2026, headed by a black rounded-square Apple logo with a padlock shackle on top. The headline reads 'iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information', with a subhead: 'Following rigorous security testing and extensive evaluation by the German government, iPhone and iPad become the first consumer devices approved for use with classified information in NATO restricted environments.' Body text states iPhone and iPad are the first and only consumer devices compliant with NATO nations' information assurance requirements, usable with classified information up to the NATO restricted level without special software or settings. Share icons for Facebook, X, email, and link are shown. Notable for security/compliance-minded engineers as a milestone in consumer-device certification (BSI evaluation) versus dedicated hardened government hardware
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NATO-restricted clearance, yet still no clearance to run an app Apple didn't approve - the real classified environment is the App Store review process
At last, “Sent from my iPhone” can carry a NATO RESTRICTED banner.
Interesting What did they use before? Comment deleted
The hubmle google pixel with graphene: Comment deleted
*looks at notification cache* Comment deleted
Elite ball knowledge Comment deleted
it’s better to disable notification text in apps that work with sensitive information (some secure messengers support such feature). I wouldn’t route my msg text through the APN in the first place Comment deleted
yeah Telegram doesn't for private chats, which makes complete sense Comment deleted
...which nobody uses Comment deleted
if you actually have confidential stuff, you do use it I used it a lot for NDA stuff Comment deleted
if you actually have confidential stuff or just don’t want to share private messages with anyone, you don’t rely on proprietary software and just self-host a server 😁 Comment deleted
and see it hacked (or even probably not, but the hacking is still done), because you don't have time to constantly update it and monitor for breaches "self-hosting" is easy. PROPER self-hosting is actually hard and time consuming Comment deleted
well, obviously you have to pay attention to maintenance? Comment deleted
easy tradeoff if third party that claimed secure communication gets breached it's their problem if your server gets breached it's your problem Comment deleted
both will be your problem because you’ve got *your* data breached Comment deleted
And the hacker sees nothing. Because the actual data is end-to-end encrypted. Comment deleted
W rigorous security testing btw Comment deleted
Security tip: keep your phone shut down when unused. 🤓 Comment deleted
source: i made it the fuck up Comment deleted