i think the article is refering to malware. what I think is these doomsayers categorize all android apps with internet access as potential malware. that's how they come out with that ridiculous numbers.
in ios every app has ALL the permissions that the api permits incl Internet access. unlike android, ios app users do not know
what permissions the app is using. looking at it from this point of view 100% of all apps in apple appstore are potential malware.
data is sandboxed in ios but not app space. unlike android where app is run in a virtual machine. with many more doing ios jailbreak than rooting in Android the security situation may be more dire in ios.
before apple plug the hole every app has access to contact info for a very long time. this kind of security breaches is more severe than on Android.
This information is beyond incorrect, not every app has all permissions, that is just nonsense
There is only 7 million jailbroken devices out of over 500 million iOS devices total, thats a small number. Regardless a jailbroken iOS device is still more safer then open Java on Android
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Lol. Who says they are trusted? Did apple endorse that trust? No. Hence they are all malware according to your dear Apple inc.
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I am sure the developers of those apps are not going to let you guys play with other kids until you download their malware on your phone! Uncle Apple is so nice to scare away those developers forcing you to install those apps.
Nope, there not pieces of malware, i already tested the permissions of the Cydia tweaks in developer mode on Cydia.
I dont doubt there are damaging items on Cydia that can harm your phone, but i dont download those...and why are you mentioning jailbreak? Im talking about the stock OS, yes im aware jailbreaking can give you malware on your phone because your unlocking root access.
Im clearly talking about stock iOS
And dude Java is full of so many security holes and glitches its unreal, its Java for ****s sake.
There is a big reason why Android will never be successful in enterprise... Apple and Microsoft are succesful in enterprise, because iOS is a secure reliable OS unlike Android, too many things to worry about on Android
And Microsofts software is safe if you know what your doing, there is too many risk on Android, one bad email you open up on your Android phone and your business can be potentially devistared by potentially having vital company information stolen.
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Sorry, but that's absolute rubbish. Firstly, you'd be crazy to believe any figures put out by an antivirus company. They are known for massively skewing their statistics in order to create fear and therefore sell more products.
At last count there was 700K apps on the Playstore and they are claiming what? that 25% (1.75K) of all Android apps contain malware? Please.
How did Trend Micro come to this figure? They include apps which have "aggressive advertising" as Malware. What is "aggressive advertising"? Who knows...
Antivirus companies also seem to frequently include any app which requires root as being malware.
Antivirus companies can pretty much classify whatever they want as "malware" by just altering their definition of what malware is.
Edit: I just used Trend Micros product to scan my phone and out of 70 apps it detected 7 as threats/malware, all of these are false positives. Their stats are garbage.
Rooting is opening potential malware on your phone, the root apps may be safe but your phone is completly exposed when your Android phone is rooted. Thats the potential threat, by having your phone rooted it allows the chance of arbitration code to be executed even higher
And how many possible root apps and thing associated could there be on the Market ? Trend micro reported 350,000 pieces of malware on Android today, surely less then half of 350,000 is what you guys consider " root apps" that virus companies label malware. But regardless the # is still extremely high, even when you take out all the labeled " root apps as malware"
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that's after apple plugged that security hole.
I think android security model is better since it gives you the permissions requirements before you install the software instead of knowing later when you run the app which may have done some damage already
Yea, thats after Apple fixed that security hole in less then one week, while people on Android have to wait 8+ months for the next Android update to hit there phone...thats just terrble
I'm not arguing whether or not bad software IS widespread on Android, just that you can't assume it isn't just because you don't know anybody with a virus/malware.
