Google's Schmidt says Android more secure than the iPhone
Google chair Eric Schmidt raised eyebrows and got a few unintentional laughs on Monday when he said that Google's Android platform is more secure than Apple's iPhone.
Schmidt's remarks came in the course of a question-and-answer session at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, according to ZDNet. A Gartner analyst said to Schmidt that most people in the audience would not name Android as their primary platform and went on to note the operating system's notorious security problems.
"Not secure?" Schmidt countered. "It's more secure than the iPhone."
According to reports, Schmidt did not elaborate on those remarks, instead going on to cite Android's billion-strong activation numbers. That figure, he claimed, led to considerable real-world security testing. When the Gartner analyst again raised the issue toward the end of the session, Schmidt remained firm.
"Android is very secure," Schmidt said to some chuckling from both the audience and the analyst.
Google has over the years built new security features into its mobile platform, but the number of malware attacks on Google's operating system continues to grow. Comparatively, Apple's iOS platform accounts for a small percentage of attacks, due in part to Apple's strict control over the apps that are published in its App Store.
The enterprise segment in particular has noted that security gap, and Apple continues to grow in that sector, despite Android's overall market share lead in mobile. The addition of Touch ID ? the biometric scanner built into the iPhone 5s ? is seen by some as a means of expanding Apple's security lead.
Schmidt's remarks came in the course of a question-and-answer session at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, according to ZDNet. A Gartner analyst said to Schmidt that most people in the audience would not name Android as their primary platform and went on to note the operating system's notorious security problems.
"Not secure?" Schmidt countered. "It's more secure than the iPhone."
According to reports, Schmidt did not elaborate on those remarks, instead going on to cite Android's billion-strong activation numbers. That figure, he claimed, led to considerable real-world security testing. When the Gartner analyst again raised the issue toward the end of the session, Schmidt remained firm.
"Android is very secure," Schmidt said to some chuckling from both the audience and the analyst.
Google has over the years built new security features into its mobile platform, but the number of malware attacks on Google's operating system continues to grow. Comparatively, Apple's iOS platform accounts for a small percentage of attacks, due in part to Apple's strict control over the apps that are published in its App Store.
The enterprise segment in particular has noted that security gap, and Apple continues to grow in that sector, despite Android's overall market share lead in mobile. The addition of Touch ID ? the biometric scanner built into the iPhone 5s ? is seen by some as a means of expanding Apple's security lead.
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He said it, so it must be true!
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NOT even close.
I love FOSS as much as a similar enthusiast but in this case, no just no Google.
You've never had a problem with it so it means it's secure? You need to rethink your logic.
I completely understand someone standing by their own product, it's just natural. To do otherwise would be like admitting your own children are not the greatest.
But, like everything, there are sometimes where you just roll with the punch without trying too hard to block it, unless you want to be seen as completely alienated from reality.
When you do things this way, forcing a point of view at complete odds with what is factual, you just expose your (and your product's) mediocrity!
Before some fandroid retaliates, I must say I gave it a fair chance, I myself have an iPhone 4S (bought it at launch I'm still waiting for it to fail me in the slightest) but my wife won a Galaxy S4 in a raffle. Android s*cks the big one. For a oversized and battery hungry device, it performs like a half baked netbook, it is slow and ugly in everything it does, not to mention the care I'm forced to take in security because my wife really doesn't get internet security (she opens every spam she gets in her mail, and while she could do it in my mac, iPad or iPhone without a problem, I had to explain that she just could not do the same me her phone, quite similarly to her Windows netbook!).
So, dear Mr. Schmidt, get a hold of yourself, you are embarrassing even the most die hard fandroid!
What kind of drugs do they take over @Google? Must be some really good shit.
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http://www.csoonline.com/article/738947/many-major-brand-mobile-apps-not-secure-on-android-says-study
Corporate Android Apps Not All Secure
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/mobile-security/corporate-android-apps-not-all-secure.html
Millions of Android users vulnerable to security threats, say feds
http://www.zdnet.com/millions-of-android-users-vulnerable-to-security-threats-say-feds-7000019845/
Android OS Is Least Secure Platform for Aircraft Electronic Flight Bags
http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2013-09-03/android-os-least-secure-platform-aircraft-electronic-flight-bags
Android Security Vulnerability
http://bitcoin.org/en/alert/2013-08-11-android
etc., etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,etc.,
If sheer number of activations means more secure then Windows must be the most secure desktop OS.
*cough* iFruit malware on Google Play Store *cough*
You had problems with malware and/or your iPhone being hacked? You think this is lucky?
This is Eric's attempt at a Reality Distortion Field.
If it is, it's by far one of the worst attempts(if you could even call it that) I've ever seen.
This doesn't even deserve and E for effort.