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Serious Security Bugs Found In Android Kernel
geek4 writes with this excerpt from eWeek Europe: "An analysis of Google Android Froyo's open source kernel has uncovered 88 critical flaws that could expose users' personal information. An analysis of the kernel used in Google's Android smartphone software has turned up 88 high-risk security flaws that could be used to expose users' personal information, security firm Coverity said in a report published on Tuesday. The results, published in the 2010 edition of the Coverity Scan Open Source Integrity Report, are based on an analysis of the Froyo kernel used in HTC's Droid Incredible handset. ... While Android implementations vary from device to device, Coverity said the same flaws were likely to exist in other handsets as well. Coverity uncovered a total of 359 bugs, about one-quarter of which were classified as high-risk."
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Is it just my observation, or is eldavojohn an idiot?
So what is the story, Tavis Ormandy exposes Windows bugs but does not work on top Google projects?
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no probs man, if it's linux then it has MAC so no fucking worries man!
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Damn straight! I'm so glad that google -- a company that wants to collect every piece of information about me and resell it -- is dominating the smartphone market. I mean, hey, if I wanted some sort of privacy, I should change my name and move!
you mean it would have been better if the 88 bugs hadn't been there in the first place, even with MAC as implemented by the GOOG?
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88 Critical flaws on the wall... 88 critical flaws... You take one down, pass it around...
Those must be imaginary bugs on the walls and I'm going crazy because I'm sure someone told me that many eyes produces secure code, right? Surely the tons of nerds poring over the Android source code would have found all these by now?
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It "dominates" in the same way Windows dominates PCs...a fractured mess controlled by the carriers, with their own unremovable junkware, their own app stores, and their own differing hardware features.
Here's an article you won't see written about the iPhone: How Can I Tell If An Android App Is Malware?
Personally, I'm not too excited about the idea of Google owning search, advertising, email, chat, documents, phones, netbooks, blogs, etc., all while skirting the edge of privacy. I'm not really interested in replacing one Micorosft with another. Apple is more concerned with being the best in a market, not #1 in a market.