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> Which is a valuable lesson - a lesson in learning to be a rational, critical, grown-up human being. Well... you can phrase it like some life lesson, sure. In
by orf 8y ago
> Which is a valuable lesson - a lesson in learning to be a rational, critical, grown-up human being.
Well... you can phrase it like some life lesson, sure. In reality 1% of 3 million kids clicking on 'Free vbux!!' and converting is 30,000 kids having malware ridden phones, doing god knows what to god knows who.
Is increasing the profits of malware distributors by so much really worth some hand-wavy "teach kids to become a grown up" lesson?
Also, it's not just the kids. By any margin.
- danieldk 8y agoIn reality 1% of 3 million kids clicking on 'Free vbux!!' and converting is 30,000 kids having malware ridden phones, doing god knows what to god knows who. Well, most of those kids will run outdated Android versions with many known vulnerabilities. And they cannot update their phones, because they have locked firmware and walled-garden OS, largely put in place to make them buy new phones. Again, the proper solution beyond a good security baseline is to educate people.
- orf 8y ago> Again, the proper solution beyond a good security baseline is to educate people. "The beatings will continue until your security improves!"
- binomialxenon 8y ago> ...they cannot update their phones, because they have locked firmware and walled-garden OS, largely put in place to make them buy new phones. This is one of the biggest problems with the mobile landscape, with Apple, Google, and OEMs culpable to various degrees. It's deeply unethical, selfish, and wasteful.
- im3w1l 8y agoI'd rather my kids get a few bruises than be slaves to The Man.