Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right'
by JustSomeNobody on Thursday October 01, 2015 @10:57PM
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I love Apple products, but please stop. Please. Do not be blind to the fact that Apple has to remove apps from the app store often due to security issues. And most of what you hear about on the Android side is either blown up in the media or because people side load apps from ... questionable sources.
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Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right'
by kenrikm on Friday October 02, 2015 @01:21AM
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You're kidding me right? Android applications are allowed to run daemons that will continue to run if you like it or not. [1] Due to Google's lax review process basically you can write a virus and post it to the store.
Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right'
by 5ersi on Friday October 02, 2015 @05:04AM
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demon (long running task in the background) != virus
Virus' primary function is to replicate itself and infect other hosts. You can not simply install apps (or viruses) on other mobile devices without user intervention. Also viruses need access to system and/or other apps to be able to propagate itself, which is not the case on mobile platforms.
None of that things is true for demons.
Btw, iOS also has long running processes if you register proper functionality (VoIP, background download..) when submitting the app to App Store. Also iOS and Android apps can be awaken from the server and perform tasks without user noticing it.
Re:Apple CEO Tim Cook: 'Privacy Is a Fundamental Human Right'
by JustSomeNobody on Friday October 02, 2015 @04:59PM
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Why would you think allowing daemon processes are bad? You want notifications without having your app front and center, right? Need a daemon for that.