Re: Two-Thirds of Android Antivirus Apps Are Total BS
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:06:23 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted: > '"The main purpose > of these apps seems to be generating easy revenue for their > developers, rather than actually protecting their users," the > AV-Comparatives report said' I remember thinking something like this some years ago, when I saw the name of a certain developer, who had contributed articles on Android development to a local magazine, on about half a dozen different exercise apps in the Play Store, each for a different exercise. So Android is to mobile what Windows is to the desktop (that includes the bad senses). Yes, the difference is that the core of the former is Open Source; is that enough to make it much better? <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/> _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug