Have you really done this? Somehow I doubt it. Every app I've installed has asked for different things and not EVERYTHING, I just checked. In fact I just went into Top Free on the Play Store just to check that you weren't really that anal and immediately found an app that just asked for network comms (Candy Crush), one that asked for Storage, Phone state, and network comms (Despicable Me) and one asked for a shitload that it probably does require (Snapchat). Please stop talking shit.
I'm sure crooks are finding ways to jump out of the sandbox just like they're constantly finding ways to circumvent Microsoft's oh-so-much-better security model and the oh-so-much-better AV software like Norton and McAfee. More secure doesn't mean invincible. Can't find any actual examples of unremovable malware though funnily enough. Also Code Red and its ilk had full access to a Windows system, far different from any Android malware so far.
I never said my head was in the sand, I always check the permissions my apps ask for and don't install any old random crap. That is something that works far better on Android and Linux whereas in the Windows monoculture you could get owned just by visiting an IE only website without even having to install anything. You are also unable to give admin rights to an app unlike on Windows where until very recently many of them required it. Linux/Android is as secure from threats as it is possible to be on a complex piece of software and because there are so many variants it's much much harder to write successful malware. I also haven't been able to find "Android persistent malware" actual infection examples of uninstallable apps. All I've found is silently downloaded apps which would be picked up by AV and could then be removed.
By the way the site you linked to about AV providers believing there would be a million strains was from the totally unbiased source of an AV vendor!
You're saying that Android anti-malware is useless because it can't remove it. Well what would be your suggestion on how it should work? Windows anti-virus quarantines malware but the antivirus on Android cannot affect the files of another app so it cannot work in the same way. However all it needs to do is say "you have malware" and you can get rid of it yourself so I fail to see an issue.
What is this EVERYTHING you speak of? Every app I install asks for different permissions. If I feel the app doesn't need those permissions I don't install it. What fine-grained controls would you suggest? Making it even more complex will only encourage click-through. Please also give me an example of an app having the ability to access any entered CC details from another app.
Every time I read about Android infections lately they're in China coming from a dodgy appstore or only affects those who've rooted their phones.
Write stuff in capitals all you want but you'll have to do better than that.
Google has made sure that antivirus on android is useless as they have no way to uninstall or even stop a malicious app.
This might help you understand why. You can still uninstall any app found to be malware because it can't prevent itself from being uninstalled. Do you think one app should be able to uninstall another? What would prevent malware from abusing that?
I won't as it happens. It was an absolute pain in the arse to get it on there and had me screaming with frustration but once it was on it worked far better than XP.
I had Windows XP on my netbook and it was sluggish and shit and took an eternity to boot up. (K|L|X)ubuntu all perform far better on the same hardware.
My phone has a removable battery. And when I say removable I mean you take the back off and take it out, not have to undo some screws and risk damaging the device like some phones. The NSA might have trouble tracking me when the phone has no power at all.
Corporations most certainly can hurt you. Your safety is dependent on a cost benefit analysis of whether it's cheaper to make safe products or just to pay the lawsuits.
That is true however gun ownership was very low before any "ban". The way these gun nuts talk you'd think most Brits were heavily armed before Dunblane gave the evil socialists the opportunity to ban all weapons. Our city centres are full of alcohol-fueled violent lunatics and these idiots think we should give them lethal weapons too.
That's why Microsoft is an insignificant little software company and Commodore is a titan. That's why the Dreamcast is the best selling console of all time and why Britney Spears never had any hits. People don't buy things because they're actually good, they buy them for a multitude of reasons, quality being fairly low down on the list when compared to clever marketing, no other realistic option etc etc.
Depends which European countries you're talking about since there are many and there has been a great deal of mass immigration to the richer countries in the last 60 years. The problem of violent crime in Europe is fairly well concentrated in the bad areas too so your argument falls down. I tell you what let's pretend that the US has no crime then you can say that Europe is more violent than the US.
In a supplement to its quarterly crime figures, the Home Office said that 13 forces had for years been under-reporting the number of cases of Grievous Bodily Harm with intent. The Home Office said that while the crime "should be recorded where there is an intention to commit GBH", some forces had in many cases not recorded under this heading unless GBH had been actually sustained." It attributed two-thirds of a 26 per cent rise in GBH with intent, and much of the dramatic increase in the most serious crimes, to the fact that this had now been put right.
Until you take away the crimes of the inner city subcultures from Europe then they go up again. You think Europe doesn't have ultra-violent ghettoes and a drugs problem? You need to get out more.
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Have you really done this? Somehow I doubt it. Every app I've installed has asked for different things and not EVERYTHING, I just checked. In fact I just went into Top Free on the Play Store just to check that you weren't really that anal and immediately found an app that just asked for network comms (Candy Crush), one that asked for Storage, Phone state, and network comms (Despicable Me) and one asked for a shitload that it probably does require (Snapchat). Please stop talking shit.
I'm sure crooks are finding ways to jump out of the sandbox just like they're constantly finding ways to circumvent Microsoft's oh-so-much-better security model and the oh-so-much-better AV software like Norton and McAfee. More secure doesn't mean invincible. Can't find any actual examples of unremovable malware though funnily enough. Also Code Red and its ilk had full access to a Windows system, far different from any Android malware so far.
I never said my head was in the sand, I always check the permissions my apps ask for and don't install any old random crap. That is something that works far better on Android and Linux whereas in the Windows monoculture you could get owned just by visiting an IE only website without even having to install anything. You are also unable to give admin rights to an app unlike on Windows where until very recently many of them required it. Linux/Android is as secure from threats as it is possible to be on a complex piece of software and because there are so many variants it's much much harder to write successful malware. I also haven't been able to find "Android persistent malware" actual infection examples of uninstallable apps. All I've found is silently downloaded apps which would be picked up by AV and could then be removed.
By the way the site you linked to about AV providers believing there would be a million strains was from the totally unbiased source of an AV vendor!
You're saying that Android anti-malware is useless because it can't remove it. Well what would be your suggestion on how it should work? Windows anti-virus quarantines malware but the antivirus on Android cannot affect the files of another app so it cannot work in the same way. However all it needs to do is say "you have malware" and you can get rid of it yourself so I fail to see an issue.
What is this EVERYTHING you speak of? Every app I install asks for different permissions. If I feel the app doesn't need those permissions I don't install it. What fine-grained controls would you suggest? Making it even more complex will only encourage click-through. Please also give me an example of an app having the ability to access any entered CC details from another app.
Every time I read about Android infections lately they're in China coming from a dodgy appstore or only affects those who've rooted their phones.
Write stuff in capitals all you want but you'll have to do better than that.
This might help you understand why. You can still uninstall any app found to be malware because it can't prevent itself from being uninstalled. Do you think one app should be able to uninstall another? What would prevent malware from abusing that?
How many low price Windows laptops would be capable of running either of those?
I won't as it happens. It was an absolute pain in the arse to get it on there and had me screaming with frustration but once it was on it worked far better than XP.
I had Windows XP on my netbook and it was sluggish and shit and took an eternity to boot up. (K|L|X)ubuntu all perform far better on the same hardware.
Some cravats?
Sorry French results were the first on Google when I wondered what SGBD meant :-)
My phone has a removable battery. And when I say removable I mean you take the back off and take it out, not have to undo some screws and risk damaging the device like some phones. The NSA might have trouble tracking me when the phone has no power at all.
SGBD = DBMS en Anglais ;-)
Corporations most certainly can hurt you. Your safety is dependent on a cost benefit analysis of whether it's cheaper to make safe products or just to pay the lawsuits.
Wifi Analyzer and SwiftKey are two apps that are so useful to me that I will never even consider an Apple phone.
Still cranky and coding? :P
They were clearly doing it wrong or something.
My FF window isn't maximised but that page still wastes loads of space unnecessarily.
That's why the Confederacy won the US Civil War.
That is true however gun ownership was very low before any "ban". The way these gun nuts talk you'd think most Brits were heavily armed before Dunblane gave the evil socialists the opportunity to ban all weapons. Our city centres are full of alcohol-fueled violent lunatics and these idiots think we should give them lethal weapons too.
The BCS is not the police. Now fuck off.
That's why Microsoft is an insignificant little software company and Commodore is a titan. That's why the Dreamcast is the best selling console of all time and why Britney Spears never had any hits. People don't buy things because they're actually good, they buy them for a multitude of reasons, quality being fairly low down on the list when compared to clever marketing, no other realistic option etc etc.
You mean that well-known eco activist George W Bush?
Depends which European countries you're talking about since there are many and there has been a great deal of mass immigration to the richer countries in the last 60 years. The problem of violent crime in Europe is fairly well concentrated in the bad areas too so your argument falls down. I tell you what let's pretend that the US has no crime then you can say that Europe is more violent than the US.
You mean this from 5 years ago?
Fuck off.
Until you take away the crimes of the inner city subcultures from Europe then they go up again. You think Europe doesn't have ultra-violent ghettoes and a drugs problem? You need to get out more.
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Switzerland is one of the most socialist countries on earth. I don't think you'd like it.