Android has most malware, BlackBerry least...
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- OmnitechDragon Slayer
What I wrote is that it is a weak spot for BB10. Since BB10 and Blackberry OS's in general have a far better security track-record and reputation than Android, this would represent a serious weak spot. If the platform were already plagued by malware and exploits it wouldn't be such a noticeable paradigm-shift.
Which is no different from an Android user loading an APK file from who-knows-where, or using a non-Google app store, of which there are quite a few. At this point the bar is actually quite a bit higher for a casual BB10 user to do that than it is for a casual Android user to install apps from places other than Google Play.
Completely unsupported by the easily-verifiable facts. See above.brmiller1976 likes this.03-10-13 07:14 PMLike 1 - Please stop re-spinning what I write. I never even remotely implied that it could be a "much much bigger problem for BB10 than for Android devices themselves".
Nobody's respinning your words. If you admit apps from non official sources are a security problem then the encouragement of sideloading is a big problem.
What I wrote is that it is a weak spot for BB10. Since BB10 and Blackberry OS's in general have a far better security track-record and reputation than Android, this would represent a serious weak spot. If the platform were already plagued by malware and exploits it wouldn't be such a noticeable paradigm-shift.
Which is no different from an Android user loading an APK file from who-knows-where, or using a non-Google app store, of which there are quite a few. At this point the bar is actually quite a bit higher for a casual BB10 user to do that than it is for a casual Android user to install apps from places other than Google Play.
Except Android users don't HAVE to sideload apps to get them.
Completely unsupported by the easily-verifiable facts. See above.
Even if you take one of the non malware Android apps from the Android app store, by the time it's converted and sideloaded on BB10, there's no reason to suspect, if BB10 get's enough marketshare, unscrupulous devs won't add a bit extra.
Lol, whatever does it for you. I won't be adding you to my ignore list. One out of every 10 of your posts or so is quite interesting. I can sift through the other ones without complaining too much.richardat and randall2580 like this.03-11-13 02:31 AMLike 2 - Yes, there is some population data that has to be considered...However; the fact that for most other platforms (most meaning the rest), security has been an after thought is not acceptable. I find it had to believe that BBs competition really thinks that half-hearted after market addons are really good enough for our security concerns. It is not an issue of public or corporate sector. It is purely a security issue. If other corporations choose not to address it then vote with your wallet.03-11-13 02:43 AMLike 0
- Yes, there is some population data that has to be considered...However; the fact that for most other platforms (most meaning the rest), security has been an after thought is not acceptable. I find it had to believe that BBs competition really thinks that half-hearted after market addons are really good enough for our security concerns. It is not an issue of public or corporate sector. It is purely a security issue. If other corporations choose not to address it then vote with your wallet.
Can't hang your product on one feature anymore. Not sure your ever could. BB rose to the top at the time before iPhones and Androids.
Most consumers don't care. They want big screens and apps to get them through their day.
Sent from my SEXY HOT RED SGIII using Tapatalk 2raysgrumpy and Omnitech like this.03-11-13 07:18 AMLike 2 - Sith_ApprenticeMod Team EmeritusYou might have missed it, but the majority of consumers HAVE been voting with their wallets, and BB lost the election. Even in corporate, other platforms are moving away from BB.
Can't hang your product on one feature anymore. Not sure your ever could. BB rose to the top at the time before iPhones and Androids.
Most consumers don't care. They want big screens and apps to get them through their day.
Sent from my SEXY HOT RED SGIII using Tapatalk 2Omnitech likes this.03-11-13 07:22 AMLike 1 - This is exactly correct. Consumers, by and large, not only dont care about security, but have NO idea about it. Corporations are getting by on "good enough" security, because at their heart, they are run by consumers who want similar things to what they have outside of work. Since, by its very nature, security makes things LESS convenient, you can see why this could be very bad for BB if they continued pushing the security aspect.
Sent from my SEXY HOT RED SGIII using Tapatalk 2pantlesspenguin likes this.03-11-13 07:31 AMLike 1 - Sith_ApprenticeMod Team EmeritusBut whhhhhyyyyy, I mean, you trust Starbucks to make your coffee, why wouldnt you trust their network connection?pantlesspenguin likes this.03-11-13 07:34 AMLike 1
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Sent from my SEXY HOT RED SGIII using Tapatalk 2pantlesspenguin likes this.03-11-13 07:40 AMLike 1 - Tre LawrenceBetween RealitiesThis is exactly correct. Consumers, by and large, not only dont care about security, but have NO idea about it. Corporations are getting by on "good enough" security, because at their heart, they are run by consumers who want similar things to what they have outside of work. Since, by its very nature, security makes things LESS convenient, you can see why this could be very bad for BB if they continued pushing the security aspect.03-11-13 07:44 AMLike 0
- Sith_ApprenticeMod Team EmeritusLOL i cannot tell you how many people do that with devices too. They have something taped to the back with their password. Every time i see it I rip the thing off, change their password (and IT policy) to make sure its a complex 18+ character password, just for grins.03-11-13 07:47 AMLike 0
- LOL i cannot tell you how many people do that with devices too. They have something taped to the back with their password. Every time i see it I rip the thing off, change their password (and IT policy) to make sure its a complex 18+ character password, just for grins.
:banghead:
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- This is what I do, and it's worked for me since 2010. Here is an example of some of the apps in the Play Store:
See the little blue icon on some of them? That marking denotes an app that has the Editor's Choice or Top Developer distinction. I just don't download anything that doesn't have one of those distinctions, unless it has a very high number of downloads and a high user rating. It's the same reason I don't visit questionable websites on my laptop. I know better.03-11-13 01:19 PMLike 3 - This is what I do, and it's worked for me since 2010. Here is an example of some of the apps in the Play Store:
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...psab07627c.png
See the little blue icon on some of them? That marking denotes an app that has the Editor's Choice or Top Developer distinction. I just don't download anything that doesn't have one of those distinctions, unless it has a very high number of downloads and a high user rating. It's the same reason I don't visit questionable websites on my laptop. I know better.
Noted...
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