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Check out Google's excellent Android security review [1]. Google is pretty effective at keeping harmful apps out of the the Play Store; if you don't sideload ap
by chickenbane 10y ago
Check out Google's excellent Android security review [1]. Google is pretty effective at keeping harmful apps out of the the Play Store; if you don't sideload apps less than 0.15% devices had malware.
[1] http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/en//security/reports/Google_Android_Security_2015_Report_Final.pdf http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com...
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- r00fus 10y agoHow does that compare with iOS? I mean, Google may be doing yeoman's work, but if that compares with near-zero (due to Apple's walled garden), it's still looks bad in comparison (esp with the huge Android installed base).
- ori_b 10y agoI don't have stats (and I'd be surprised if Apple released them), but it's not like IOS malware is unheard of. For example: http://www.computerworld.com/article/2989037/malware-vulnerabilities/iphone-malware-yispecter-apple-app-store-itbwcw.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2989037/malware-vulnera...