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TM99

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21. Exactly!

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 08:58 PM

Oct 2012

Any computing device that has the ability to be 'open' also runs the risk of more malware and viruses.

Yet, Apple is not immune to security issues either even though it is a walled-garden approach.

NASA has no problem using Android based phones for mission critical applications so really how much of a concern is this outside of the idiot American who should only use a device up to his or her educational level and expertise?

And guess which phone is used by the Pentagon? Yup, a modified Dell phone with a custom Android rom.

This IS propaganda disguised as news. Sadly, isn't most of the 'news' today that way?!

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FBI warns that Android phones are havens for malware [View all] onehandle Oct 2012 OP

BUT APPLE IS EVIL!! Indydem Oct 2012 #1

Free me from the walled garden! onehandle Oct 2012 #13

Freedom is an ugly thing Xithras Oct 2012 #54

I don't understand your comment Bradical79 Oct 2012 #28

I guess you don't read many tech blogs. Indydem Oct 2012 #29

Yeah, I'm aware of that. I take "evil" to mean something different on this forum than a tech site. Bradical79 Oct 2012 #33

This is not surprising. For years Windows PCs had many more problems with malware than Macs. KamaAina Oct 2012 #2

Android is Windows for the 21st Century. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #14

Hm... boppers Oct 2012 #25

Ruh roh. Panasonic Oct 2012 #3

He may have been talking about the Galaxy S II ... mwooldri Oct 2012 #22

Just protect it MuseRider Oct 2012 #37

Not sure you can protect Android unc70 Oct 2012 #43

what you can't protect are stupid end users frylock Oct 2012 #47

You can't protect smart end users either unc70 Oct 2012 #49

"Don't do stuff to your hardware if you don't understand it" is eminently reasonable advice. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #4

I suppose that to a fanboy sharp_stick Oct 2012 #5

Metamoderating aside, I'd figure FBI announcements count as news. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2012 #9

That's how I read it. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #12

AVAST has a great AV for Android. And it's free. Blue State Bandit Oct 2012 #6

So you have to have an AV running in the background? Indydem Oct 2012 #18

i downloaded and installed it barbtries Oct 2012 #44

I believe it Lucy Fer Oct 2012 #7

Then how will they make money? They've lost 20 billion on Android. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #15

But yet the FredisDead Oct 2012 #8

Same factories. onehandle Oct 2012 #16

Google has lost 20 billion on Android FredisDead Oct 2012 #17

Google is apparently losing money on Android Art_from_Ark Oct 2012 #40

A number of analysts have estimated around 20 billion. onehandle Oct 2012 #46

"no Chinese workers are complaining to Google about the harsh working conditions" boppers Oct 2012 #26

I am aware of how the market works FredisDead Oct 2012 #42

Yup. Blaming Apple is not relevant. boppers Oct 2012 #55

Foxconn also does business with Google as of this year. Bradical79 Oct 2012 #34

Oh, please.... defacto7 Oct 2012 #10

Exactly! TM99 Oct 2012 #21

It's not the OS, it's the crap piled on it. boppers Oct 2012 #27

He who controls the crap owns the crap TM99 Oct 2012 #36

if you want to call it "making it harder to pile crap" defacto7 Oct 2012 #38

Not using predictable memory locations is not crap. That's hardware design. boppers Oct 2012 #56

no, I'm not talking about cmd.exe... it lower than that. defacto7 Oct 2012 #57

So, is it bash? Korn? Csh? Tcsh? boppers Oct 2012 #58

Warning? defacto7 Oct 2012 #59

You have nothing to show me? boppers Nov 2012 #62

intelligent end users make it harder to pile crap on it frylock Oct 2012 #48

FBI warns that stupid people are installing malware on their android devices.. frylock Oct 2012 #11

thanks... MrsBrady Oct 2012 #19

And morons are responsible for the bulk of this Hutzpa Oct 2012 #20

And if they're old enough ... GeorgeGist Oct 2012 #50

Android by its open nature is more suspect to malware. mwooldri Oct 2012 #23

Android IS Linux LTR Oct 2012 #32

Apple is Unix (Linux) or more exactly BSD UNIX. defacto7 Oct 2012 #35

Android and Linux share common code. mwooldri Oct 2012 #51

The FBI should know about spyware..... lib2DaBone Oct 2012 #24

Sometimes it's the apps themselves that you have to worry about LTR Oct 2012 #30

Yes, just use good common sense. MuseRider Oct 2012 #39

I am an Android user (who has used it to post on DU at times) alp227 Oct 2012 #31

i love my old fashioned cell phone Tabasco_Dave Oct 2012 #41

Here, too IDemo Oct 2012 #45

Sounds like the FBI has a hefty portion of their pension in AAPL. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #52

That would be smart, seeing as APPL is projected to rise 60% within a year. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #53

What division of the FBI - and since when does the FBI do such things? hexola Oct 2012 #60

This is not unprecedented. Android is so vulnerable, that they had to speak to the criminal aspect. onehandle Oct 2012 #61