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A comment on Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right'. Parent comment

Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right' by martingordon on Thursday October 01, 2015 @09:43PM (#10316099)
I should have been more clear. I was using Tim Cook's statement as an analogy for flashing/side-loading. Allowing good guys to do it means bad guys can do it too.

Tricking a user into side-loading malware does not require physical access to the device and is relatively common on the Android side (more so on third-party stores).

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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right' by bestnameever on Friday October 02, 2015 @02:57AM (#10317091)
My last few Android phones have wiped themselves before allowing me in a state where I could flash a modified version of android.
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