Google’s Android head Sundar Pichai:
“We cannot guarantee that Android is designed to be safe… If I had a company dedicated to malware, I would also be addressing my attacks on Android.”
Those are the first true words to come out of Google in a long time.
Not designed to be safe? WTF?
LOL, way to twist that quote
I read the whole quote from both 9to5mac, and 9to5google and it says the same thing Jim posted. He only cut out market share and that they designed it to be open.
That whole quote is fascinating. Instead of acknowledging an obvious deficiency (most other phone OSes are pretty locked down), he blames it on popularity and doesn’t say anything like “we’re working on it”. Instead, he offers validation to malware authors by saying he’d exploit Android too if he were in their shoes.
Unbelievable.
Yeah except the basic design of android precludes any way to actually make it more secure without locking it down. And if your solution is to lock it down, then you destroy the very differentiating point of android. They already added what apple added to the mac where apps from different sources get different checks and limitations. Any more and then might as well go with iOS.
For instance, iOS would not allow a background dropbox syncing app, and, if it did, other apps could not make use of the files because of the sandbox. Android works more like Mac and Windows in this regard since it has a file system.
Yes, he did cut out market share and that they designed it to be open. Hence LOL
Trust the Galaxy S5 with your thumbprint much?
Good. Luck. With. That. Sh1t.
Apple cannot make such a guarantee either. “Nothing useful can be said about the security of a mechanism except in the context of a specific application and environment.” That said, by design and intent, iOS is safer for more applications and more environments than Android or Windows Mobile. iOS is intended for children and little old ladies, Android for geeks.
Geeks are equipped to make safe choices, or accept the risk, while using Android. Children and little old ladies are not. The problem is not with Android but with the children and little old ladies.
Geeks began complaining about IOS while they were taking it out of the box. Steve said “If you want an open system, buy a Mac.” Apple does not plan to open iOS.” He fully understood that that would cost him some share. Google understood that there was a market for an open system, particularly if one were willing to give it away.
Both Apple and Google also understood that to succeed with a closed system, one had to control both hardware and software. Apple already had that market.
I have no more problem with Android than I have with Unix, Windows or pot. However, nice people do not sell them to children or old people.
Android was designed to invade your personal life. Its not an OS its an advertising virus. If you want your privacy invaded, use an “Open System.” Apple isn’t perfect, but its a hell lot better than Android or Windows. Your thinking is dated.
Very likely. I am old and I drink.
I’ll meet you at the bar. I like to drink too!