Of the 412,222 Android apps evaluated from Google Play, Bit9 says more than 290,000 of them access at least one high-risk permission, 86,000 access five or more and 8,000 apps access 10 or more permissions “flagged as potentially dangerous.”
Great news for Android… oh wait.
I hate to say it, but it didn’t stop Windows… The difference between being good and being good enough and cheaper is often worth the risk.
Wait ’til the Ethiopian kids hear about this…
Meanwhile, we have no clue how many iOS apps do this, because unlike Android, iOS apps don’t expose this kind of access explicitly. But yeah, of course, Android sucks.
I agree Android store does a much better job exposing what an app requests to access before you install it.
Apple has implemented some limitations and notifications in iOS 6 at least. But it took the public becoming aware that a shitload of dodgy apps where uploading the contents of their address books before Apple did a thing. Closed = winning. 🙂
Came here to say this. Jim needs to stop being so damn one-sided. At least when Gruber bashes Android, he points out what’s right and wrong and compares it to other platforms.
Of course, Jim probably has never extensively used anything non-Apple, so he’s likely the worst person to ask about a proper comparison of…well…anything.
This is akin to iOS contact debacle. Take ‘wins’ his you can get them though. It helps rally the base. 🙂
Your defensive because you know deep down android sucks