Accountability, Not Code Quality, Makes iOS Safer Than Android

chicksdaddy writes "Threatpost is reporting on a new study of mobile malware that finds accountability, not superior technology, has kept Apple's iOS ecosystem free of viruses, even as the competing Android platform strains under the weight of repeated malicious code outbreaks. Dan Guido of the firm Trail of Bits and Michael Arpaia of iSEC Partners told attendees at the SOURCE Boston Conference on Thursday about an empirical analysis of existing malicious programs for the Android and iOS platforms which shows that Google is losing the mobile security contest badly — every piece of malicious code the two identified was for the company's Android OS, while Apple's iOS remained free of malware, despite owning 30% of the mobile smartphone market in the U.S. Apple's special sauce? Policies that demand accountability from iOS developers, and stricter controls on what applications can do once they are installed on Apple devices."

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Re:You have to be kidding

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, the main problem Android has is that is made by a bunch of assholes, lead by the major asshole himself: Mr. Andy Rubin. Also, the SDK is a fucking joke. Get a Nokia N900 or N9 if you want the real deal.

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