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blkbeltkid17 said:
does anyone believe that the "openness" of the Android platform may lead to its downfall due the lack of security from the source?

extra reading: Top 10 Android Security Risks - www.esecurityplanet.com
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Ultimately yes, I live android but seriously what are there only 3 or so serious devices that are considered good devices ? the other 197 are crap devices filled with crap bloat and all around garbage specs, I know this sounds harsh but it's the ugly truth , unless google clamps down and stops letting manufactures and the carriers run a muck with their source then android will be in bad shape
 
yeah i agree but then there are the people who have the knowledge of how to gain root access and they could if they wanted steal everything on our phones i think its built on a huge community of trust
 
blkbeltkid17 said:
yeah i agree but then there are the people who have the knowledge of how to gain root access and they could if they wanted steal everything on our phones i think its built on a huge community of trust
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Well I agree but what does root access have to do with them stealing info , I know I have rooted many a device and can't steal info , if they were a dev who made an app to hijack info or a rom or something then yes that's quite possible so it is based on trust in that sense
 
blkbeltkid17 said:
yeah i agree but then there are the people who have the knowledge of how to gain root access and they could if they wanted steal everything on our phones i think its built on a huge community of trust
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This is exactly what happens with just about every PC which is running Windows of course.... just saying. The alternative would be a totally locked-down type device where one company controls the whole thing and says what can and cannot happen. like Apple's iOS.
 
yeah what i meant was the rom and devs cuz i know the first thing i do when i root my device is rom it and i am glad i trust the dev over on xda
 
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