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A rogue Android application can do that too.

• Tichy 16y ago
  If you install an application, you get to see what services the app can do. It pays off to apply some common sense. In theory you are right, though.
  • Groxx 16y ago
    This implies the average person reads those, much less understands them or cares. If anything, because of that an Android app is significantly more dangerous than jailbreaking, as a jailbreaker is more likely to know what they're doing. Remember the failure of Vista's security dialogs? And how everyone just kept hitting "yes"? Same story. The average user wants it to work, not to not work. If A and B are required for it to work, they'll add A and B without a second thought.
    • Tichy 16y ago
      I think even a normal user will have to think at least a little bit. A smartphone is a powerful device. You can't just hit the street with your new car either, you need a drivers license. Just saying - much as I pity the average user for their helplessness, but their is a limit to the level they can be accommodated.
      • Groxx 16y ago
        In my experience, the average person is significantly less informed about their computers than their cars. Most people get the oil changed in their cars relatively regularly. Computers do not require a user's-license in the least, and it shows in how much BS support lines have to put up with.
        • Tichy 16y ago
          Sure, but still, if you want to, you can check the security settings for an app in Android. They are not that cryptic ("network access", "send SMS", "make phone calls"). If a chess app wants to make phone calls, even an idiot should get suspicious. If you install a hacked OS, you don't have that security anymore. Unless you can trust the provider of the OS.