Until April fools. Seriously, is this a joke? Maybe if they have a juicy gov't contract that'll buy these up. Other than that every company is just going to buy a Windows tablet for a $1000 and put their own security software (which is already certified and tested up the wazoo) on it.
With Windows, you get security updates every second Tuesday. For free, for years, and in a timely fashion.
On Android, you are lucky if Google deems a bug worthy of fixing. The best sandboxing is useless if the OS itself has known and remote exploitable security issues, as Android usually does.
On Android, you are lucky if Google deems a bug worthy of fixing.
I'm a member of Google's Android security team, and I want to correct this. The only component in which Google doesn't fix bugs is the old Webview implementation. I'm not going to try to explain or defend that decision, just note that at this point we think it's more productive to get apps to stop using it to display untrusted content on pre-4.4 Android. Outside of that, Google does provide fixes to all significant issues that are reported to us, and we provide those fixes to device manufacturers, at no cos
(Disclaimer: Please don't take this as any sort of official Google statement. I'm not a Google spokesperson, and I'm taking something of a risk by being this forthright about Android security work in public. Not a huge risk, because my management is supportive of transparency -- as long as I don't cross any lines. I obviously haven't gone and cleared all of this with PR and it's possible that something I've said is inaccurate, or inconsistent with the company's official position. If there are any such issue
(Disclaimer: Please don't take this as any sort of official Google statement. I'm not a Google spokesperson, and I'm taking something of a risk by being this forthright about Android security work in public. Not a huge risk, because my management is supportive of transparency -- as long as I don't cross any lines. I obviously haven't gone and cleared all of this with PR and it's possible that something I've said is inaccurate, or inconsistent with the company's official position. If there are any such issues, the fault is entirely mine.)
Somehow, I wouldn't feel comfortable working for a company that would make me feel like I had to make such an extensive disclaimer. Sounds like they really *aren't* supportive of transparency, but have brainwashed you with Orwellian doublespeak to make you (and the public) think they are.
LOL. At the vast majority of companies, it wouldn't be a question of a disclaimer. Most places would fire me for speaking publicly at all without clearing everything first.
Um... it's 16 days (Score:5, Insightful)
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This.
With Windows, you get security updates every second Tuesday. For free, for years, and in a timely fashion.
On Android, you are lucky if Google deems a bug worthy of fixing. The best sandboxing is useless if the OS itself has known and remote exploitable security issues, as Android usually does.
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On Android, you are lucky if Google deems a bug worthy of fixing.
I'm a member of Google's Android security team, and I want to correct this. The only component in which Google doesn't fix bugs is the old Webview implementation. I'm not going to try to explain or defend that decision, just note that at this point we think it's more productive to get apps to stop using it to display untrusted content on pre-4.4 Android. Outside of that, Google does provide fixes to all significant issues that are reported to us, and we provide those fixes to device manufacturers, at no cos
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Re:Um... it's 16 days (Score:2)
Somehow, I wouldn't feel comfortable working for a company that would make me feel like I had to make such an extensive disclaimer. Sounds like they really *aren't* supportive of transparency, but have brainwashed you with Orwellian doublespeak to make you (and the public) think they are.
LOL. At the vast majority of companies, it wouldn't be a question of a disclaimer. Most places would fire me for speaking publicly at all without clearing everything first.