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I guess this guy does not understand what sandboxing is and the benefit it brings in terms of security. Android today has 79% of malware issues and IOS is at 0.
by vinnybhaskar 14y ago
I guess this guy does not understand what sandboxing is and the benefit it brings in terms of security. Android today has 79% of malware issues and IOS is at 0.7% — thanks to policies like sandboxing.
Reference: http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/07/f-secure-android-malware-report/ http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/07/f-secure-android-malware-r...
- jayfuerstenberg 14y agoAgreed. Developers are generally intelligent people but unfortunately many users are not. Sandboxing is for those people and it does its job well. I do think however that there is a case for allowing a vendor-level sandbox so that apps made by the same vendor could share data amongst themselves. This would facilitate free-trial to paid app upgrades. In any case, give it time. Apple tends to start off with a solid base and build from there (rather than throwing everything onto the wall to see what sticks).
- anotherbadlogin 14y agoAnd I guess you do not understand that Apple could achieve the same thing with a COMMON sandbox for third-party applications. You don't have to give applications access to the entire Unix volume. Just give us a place to grant common access to non-executable files.