Open Source Project Manager at Google: mobile antivirus software is useless
About a month ago, Open Source Project Manager at Google Chris DiBona (Chris DiBona) made a number of interesting statements about the security of mobile platforms and the carelessness of their users. To summarize briefly the main idea of ​​his recording, it will be as follows - antivirus vendors play on users' fears, selling them, in fact, unnecessary programs (though DiBona uses a more straightforward definition - “charlatans and scammers) , so:
DiBona is by no means unsubstantiated, making rather loud statements, however, its main argument sounds quite simple: mobile platforms are designed in such a way that programs cannot access many system resources and therefore the potential and damage they cause is greatly exaggerated. This problem can be solved by installing only verified programs from well-known sources that are able to scan applications and, if necessary, remove them. Such sources, such as the well-known app stores from Google and Apple, are well known and therefore their use can not be difficult.
To be fair, it should be noted that DiBona protects not only the Android system of the company where it works - but the competitor platforms: iOS and BlackBerry OS (RIM system), arguing as follows: “... traditional viruses are possible, but unlikely. The spreads are significant and difficult to overcome if you have legal access to your phone and the virus cannot magically move from one device to another like in the film “Independence Day”.
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As a result, DiBona straightforwardly says that:
Thus, reading news like this: “ In 2011, attackers stole over a million dollars from Android users, ” I want to ask a classic question - who is to blame for this? Users or system?
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If you work for a company that sells virus protection for Android, RIM or iOS, you should be ashamed
DiBona is by no means unsubstantiated, making rather loud statements, however, its main argument sounds quite simple: mobile platforms are designed in such a way that programs cannot access many system resources and therefore the potential and damage they cause is greatly exaggerated. This problem can be solved by installing only verified programs from well-known sources that are able to scan applications and, if necessary, remove them. Such sources, such as the well-known app stores from Google and Apple, are well known and therefore their use can not be difficult.
To be fair, it should be noted that DiBona protects not only the Android system of the company where it works - but the competitor platforms: iOS and BlackBerry OS (RIM system), arguing as follows: “... traditional viruses are possible, but unlikely. The spreads are significant and difficult to overcome if you have legal access to your phone and the virus cannot magically move from one device to another like in the film “Independence Day”.
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As a result, DiBona straightforwardly says that:
No mobile phone will encounter the problem of viruses in the sense in which it was on machines running Windows and Mac.
Thus, reading news like this: “ In 2011, attackers stole over a million dollars from Android users, ” I want to ask a classic question - who is to blame for this? Users or system?
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/134811/
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