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Android is most attacked mobile OS, U.S. authorities warn

article published on 29 August, 2013

The Department of Homeland Security and FBI sent a memo to U.S. police and emergency services warning about attacks on mobile devices running Android. According to the memo, over 79 percent of attacks on mobile devices in 2012 were on devices running the Android operating system. Given the popularity of the mobile OS and its open source architecture, it draws more attacks than other operating ... [ read the full article ]

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A5J4DX
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_ 		29. August 2013 @ 20:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Woah
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s_c47
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_ 		31. August 2013 @ 19:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No bueno.
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Someone told me once that theres a right and wrong, and that punishment would come to those
who dare to cross the line.
But it must not be true for jerk-offs like you.
Maybe it takes longer to catch a total asshole.
IguanaC64
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_ 		3. September 2013 @ 10:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
There are disadvantages to being #1. More bang for your sleazy buck finding Android exploits.

That being said, Google really should work on making Android more easily upgraded. People are stuck on old versions mostly because carriers have stopped offering updates to older phones. A lot of people won't throw away their phones after two years if it still works.

Apple's definately better...it might be godawful slow and features might quit working, but an older iPhone will run technically run the current version of IOS (so far as I know).
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