Android Is Now as Safe as the Competition, Google Says (cnet.com)

In an interview with CNET, David Kleidermacher, Google's head of security for Android, Google Play and Chrome OS, said Android is now as safe as the competition. From the interview: That's a big claim, considering that Android's main competitor is Apple's iPhone. This bold idea permeates the annual Android Security Report that Google released Thursday. "Android security made a significant leap forward in 2017 and many of our protections now lead the industry," the report says on page one. Echoing the report, Kleidermacher told CNET that Android flaws have become harder for researchers to find and that the software now protects users from malicious software so well the problems that used to leave users exposed to bad actors aren't such a big problem anymore.

Comments

How can this possibly be true?

[Teckla]

Given the ridiculously short amount of time Android devices get updates -- including devices from Google itself -- how can this possibly be true from a realistic viewpoint?

Re:How can this possibly be true?

[dbialac]

But is Android safe from Google? Spyware is spyware.

Re:How can this possibly be true?

[thebullshitpatrol]

not to mention the fact that submitting to the appstore requires 10x more effort because there are actual standards, code review, and testing to enforce.