Re: Two-Thirds of Android Antivirus Apps Are Total BS
John <[email protected]>
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I am of the opinion that this is true for a few pc apps also. Cheers John On 14/03/19 2:30 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug