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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by diroussel on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:52PM (#20413738)
It’s quite different as windows is closed source. The OEMs don’t build their own flavour of windows from source.
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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by MiddleEndian on Thursday July 11, 2019 @07:54PM (#20416967)
Seems like the open source-ness of Android is of little use. It helps manufacturers rather than users.
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Re:Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smi... by scarface74 on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:58PM (#20413776)
And almost everything that makes Android what it is outside of China is also closed source - Google Play Services and the drivers.
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