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Android security is indeed a joke. That doesn't make me eager to use a different device with a bunch of closed-source software. We really need better choices.
by CaptSpify 10y ago
Android security is indeed a joke. That doesn't make me eager to use a different device with a bunch of closed-source software. We really need better choices.
- bitmapbrother 10y agoWhy don't you enlighten us? Better yet, how about you show us by compromising an up to date Google device?
- CaptSpify 10y agohttp://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2015/05/android_m_permissions-100587839-gallery.jpg http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2015/05/android_... There's a picture of their crappy security in practice. It needs much better and more granular controls for me to consider it secure.
- nitrogen 10y agoAndroid's network security model is atrocious, with full network access being in the "other" category that all apps get. You don't need to have root on a phone to go rogue and attack/analyze other devices, if the phone already gives your "no permissions" app full access.
- bobsam 10y agoThe can only be one logical reason for this: to Google AdSense is more important than your privacy. I can't take things like project zero seriously when the same company works hard to weaken Android privacy.
- bitmapbrother 10y agoSo you have an issue with Android's permission model? Fair point, it could be more granular. Are permissions more granular on iOS? Because I'd like to block access to the Internet for some apps that display ads. I'm guessing probably not.
- Buge 10y agoIs there a permissions model on Linux, Mac, or Windows? This issue seems kind of unimportant. If a hacker can compromise the device, they can disregard all permissions.
- egwynn 10y agoYes, but isn’t that the problem with Android security updates? OEMs need to (and fail to) deliver closed-source binary blobs to end users. If open source is the real goal, then we* need to be demanding much more openness from OEMs. * Not me strictly-speaking, because I’m an iOS user for the reasons specified by GP, among others.
- dredmorbius 10y agoSecurity updates, shovelware / crapware preloads, Google, and a slew of other stuff. I'm exceedingly disappointed with all current mobile offerings. Holding out distant hope for Ubuntu.
- CaptSpify 10y ago> Holding out distant hope for Ubuntu. me too! I've recently got one and am eager to get it going. But as it stands now, it's not an alternative.