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42. I am aware of how the market works

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 03:00 AM

Oct 2012

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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