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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by Ajedi32 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:22AM (#14796297)
Any platform which allows users to install arbitrary software of their own choosing "allows" this. GNU/Linux for example, also allows this. As do Mac, Windows, and jailbroken iOS.
Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by Joeri on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @01:40PM (#14798517)
This is the choice everyone makes: safety in a walled garden, or freedom outside of it. For my phone I much prefer the safety trade-off, so I would never choose android, but for my work laptop I wouldn't want to be locked down in a similar way.