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Re: [LUG] Linux - and security

 

On 02/11/12 16:02, Simon Waters wrote:
> What Gordon says and....
>
> I suspect GNU/Linux will disappear with MS Windows, as Android and other 
> "simplified" systems offering better security arrive. I'm not sure Android is 
> offering better security but certainly that each app declares it needs, and 
> auto-updates, allows Android in principle to offer better security than either 
> GNU/Linux or MS Windows.
>
But...

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/11/02/1316238/more-than-25-of-android-apps-know-too-much-about-you

and worse if you google around.

Keith


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