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Trend Micro Chairman Says Open Source Is a Security Risk

Posted by Soulskill on from the with-friends-like-these dept.

dkd903 writes "Steve Chang, the Chairman of Trend Micro, has kicked up a controversy by claiming that open source software is inherently less secure than closed source. When talking about the security of smartphones, Chang claimed that the iPhone is more secure than Android because being an open-source platform lets attackers know more about the underlying architecture." This comes a week after Trend Micro released a mobile security app for Android.

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  1. Also in the news ... by BrianRoach · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a related story, Trend Micro also noted that Windows has been far more secure than Linux for years due to it being closed source ...

    1. Re:Also in the news ... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

      They then politely ignored inquiries as to why their software was needed to protect superior closed-source systems...

  2. Re:Right. by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is if you're Sir Gallahad of Camelot at the Bridge of Death.

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  3. Re:Security through obscurity doesn't work by alostpacket · · Score: 3, Funny

    Considering the past mess-ups of AVG, Norton, McAfee and probably pretty much all the others, it could be argued that anti virus apps are the real threat ;)

    Hopefully they dont read this and declare me a virus though!

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  4. Re:Can Slashdot OP's cut the snark? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Define source..

    Inside iOS are millions of midi-chlorians which, oh wait, that's something else...