Why Google can’t, or won’t, make a secure Android phone is one of the enduring mysteries of 2017. Save the AI for later and fix your phone.
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Replying to @Pinboard @mattyglesias
What specific impacts does "security" have on consumers? I have 0 friends who have been hacked on android. Lots of other complaints 4 sure.
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Replying to @quirkyllama @mattyglesias
for journalists and activists, the risk of getting Podesta’ed. For everyone, risk of a widespread exploit
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Replying to @Pinboard @mattyglesias
Podesta was phishing-nothing to do with Android platform. Not aware of any widespread exploit on Android. If they exist that's alarming.
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Evidence suggests that Android is far more secure than legacy desktop OS.
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Hard to measure security vs iOS since number of successful attacks on either is so vanishingly low.
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that’s not the case at all. We can compare lock screen behavior, for example: https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2016/11/24/android-n-encryption/ …
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