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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Time is precious

[Anonymous Coward]

the competing Android platform strains under the wait of repeated malicious code outbreaks

Yeah, it's the waiting that I can't stand.

waiting for a clue

[1u3hr]

Slashdot: "the competing Android platform strains under the wait of repeated malicious code outbreaks."

From TFA: "the competing Android platform strains under the weight of repeated malicious code outbreaks"

It takes a determined idiot to make a spelling mistake when copying and pasting from a website.

Re:iOS programmers are superior

[flyneye]

Telepathy= Salt flats
C.B. Radio= Nascar
Twitter= lemmings jogging

Re:what counts as malware..

[wvmarle]

No, no, no. Totally wrong. If it's reviewed and accepted for listing in the App Store, then it's not malware. So the App Store is by definition 100% malware free. QED.

Re:Is this Covert Advertising for Apple's Ecosyste

[Nemyst]

Funny. Everybody I know of who runs Windows can be slotted in one of two categories:
-Runs the computer with a modicum of common sense. Doesn't click "free cat wallpaper" links on ihaxyou.com. Lets Windows run its updates.
-Does everything in his/her power to wreck the computer.

The few that are in the second category deserve to be hacked, really. It's like complaining that your car sucks because you didn't do your oil change for five years and used summer tires in winter.