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How does that make it suck? Like, just don't install those apps. Easy.
by myko 5y ago
How does that make it suck?
Like, just don't install those apps. Easy.
- dan-robertson 5y agoThis only works if you never interact with anyone ever. A lot of your security depends on people in your network not installing random crap and the past 25 years of computers have shown that it is sufficiently easy to social-engineer people into downloading and installing random crap.
- dkarras 5y agoWhat do you mean by "those apps"? I'm talking about potentially ALL apps. I want to run apps on my device. That's why I bought it.
- myko 5y agoWhat do you mean what do I mean? I'm talking about apps that don't come from Google Play. If you're concerned, don't install them. Easy.
- dkarras 5y agoI don't think we are on the same page. My point is Google Play is the best the platform has to offer, and it sucks. It still does some vetting and cares somewhat about platform's security but it is nowhere near enough. Otherwise, I actually do want to install useful apps developed by companies that won't have to resort to snooping and ads to be sustainable - and worst case is reasonably depended by the more strict Apple vetting on the platform and OS protections. So I want those apps and be reasonably secure. I want those useful apps to exist, with an ecosystem about it. Apple provides that, is my point.
- myko 5y agoThanks for clearing that up, I see where you are coming from. I think the place you and I will disagree is this: > Apple provides that, is my point. Apple, imo, provides a dog and pony show - just as Google does now with their human reviews of Android apps. The app review systems are security theater. The real security is in the APIs and the OS, and I think Android and iOS are on par with one another there.