Now apps found on Google Play can infect your computer. Brilliant strategy Google.
Google Play apps are perfectly fine, no malware here
Now apps found on Google Play can infect your computer. Brilliant strategy Google.
The flaw in this is three fold:
1) He assumes high profile devices get plugged into computers to transfer music, etc. Android has been disconnected for years and rarely do you do this.
2) You have to enable USB access, isn’t on by default (just charging).
3) They call it popular based on 23 reviews. HA!
So, yes, it is something Google should address but I don’t see this as a “OMG” issue seeing as the author didn’t cover all angles.
Make that four fold:
4) You can’t find the app: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=superclean&c=apps. The direct url doesn’t even load: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=smart.apps.superclean&hl=ru&noredirect=1.
Consider the source. 😉
It’s live malware that targets your phone and can infect your computer. How is that NOT an OMG moment?
Isn’t USB one of the big ‘Android rulez, IOS sucks’ features?
Even if you take the whole ‘if you have the misfortune of plugging in your phone to your computer’ part, it’s still malware. On a supposedly trusted store.
1) The app doesn’t even exist on the store so the article should be questioned.
2) No, being disconnected is the “Android rulez, IOS sucks” feature. USB was an iOS requirement, not Android. Use Google Music or any other service and just cloud sync it.
True on it still being malware but find the app for me on the “assumed untrustworthy store.”
Nope on the USB. Big screaming was heard about the iPod not having a standard USB port.
lol. Seriously? The big complaint on iOS was having to plug into a computer to sync. Android outgrew that very early on.
“Use Google Music or any other service and just cloud sync it.”
I’m not saying they are unreliable but merely stating you have to consider the motivation. Do they have something to gain? You know…maybe app sales? https://play.google.com/store/search?q=kasperky
I didn’t say it never existed. Please read, I choose my words carefully. They trumped it up like an “OMG” issue but the app doesn’t even exist in the store nnow.
You’re taking it too far, being facetious, and trying hard to fight me here. Just step back and look at it.
lmbo @ “fold” and fanboy. Keep trying. 😉
Yes, I prefer Android over iOS but that doesn’t make me blind at all because I use my ‘mini’ daily. Hate for the sake of hate just isn’t in me.
Read my first comment:
‘So, yes, it is something Google should address but I don’t see this as a “OMG” issue seeing as the author didn’t cover all angles.’
I’m not blind. It should be addressed. Guess what? It was addressed before the ink could dry so where is the fire?
If the app still existed, had massive, and could happen automatically (not with users changing settings on their PC and phone), then it would be OMG but right now it is not.
“So yes, it IS an OMG moment. Because not every user is educated to the subject, not every Android user reads blogs, not every Android user is aware of it’s existence!”
You are right. The vast majority of Android users don’t care about this security stuff. Just as iOS users don’t care either. Jim probably enjoys earning some cheap brownie points with Apple by preaching to the choir with this kind of nonsense every couple of weeks. There’s never any real insight, but I imagine it does make iPhone users feel warm and fuzzy – and that I’m guessing would be the ultimate goal.
Jerry perfectly explains my “consider the source” point: http://www.androidcentral.com/editorial-fragmentation-malware-and-clicks.