NEWS: Why Android App Security Is Better Than for the iPhone
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From: John Navas on 6 Aug 2010 23:00 Application security has become the focus of a flurry of intense attention in the mobile world lately, due largely to a few well-publicized events affecting each of the major platforms. On the iPhone side, of course, there's the JailbreakMe tool, which unlocks the device's operating system in a way that could potentially be emulated by malicious applications. On the Android side, it's been the case of the data-accessing wallpaper apps--which, it turns out, did not do anything to put users at risk after all. Transmission security, meanwhile, has given the Blackberry platform its own share of the limelight in data-monitoring nations. Yet, while it's clear no mobile platform has perfect security--nor is that even possible--Android has a number of compelling advantages that make its apps inherently safer than those for the iPhone. MORE: <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/202758/why_android_app_security_is_better_than_for_the_iphone.html>
From: nospam on 6 Aug 2010 23:53
In article <a0jp561kbdmo9qs7nmad0a61vus8c1r1eg(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > Application security has become the focus of a flurry of intense > attention in the mobile world lately, due largely to a few > well-publicized events affecting each of the major platforms. > > On the iPhone side, of course, there's the JailbreakMe tool, which > unlocks the device's operating system in a way that could potentially be > emulated by malicious applications. although it could, so far it has only been used to jailbreak. the fix is already done and will be released in the next update. > On the Android side, it's been the case of the data-accessing wallpaper > apps--which, it turns out, did not do anything to put users at risk > after all. other than compromise their personal data, you mean? and there's the fake banking app from a while back that pretended to be genuine but stole id/pw. > Transmission security, meanwhile, has given the Blackberry platform its > own share of the limelight in data-monitoring nations. that one, however, shows that blackberry is *too* secure for those nations. > Yet, while it's clear no mobile platform has perfect security--nor is > that even possible--Android has a number of compelling advantages that > make its apps inherently safer than those for the iPhone. > > MORE: > <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/202758/why_android_app_security_is_better_than_for_the_iphone.html> why am i not surprised. yet another fluff piece with incorrect information. |