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You get this malware just by browsing the web on your phone.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-05/07/android-porn-block-trojan

Report: 97% Of Mobile Malware Is On Android. This Is The Easy Way You Stay Safe

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...n-android-this-is-the-easy-way-you-stay-safe/


See the thing about facts is that it's true regardless if you believe in it or not.


"To be infected, a user must change Android settings to allow out-of-market apps and then manually install the APK."


if you are that stupid to watch porn on your phone *and* disable basic security barriers on it maybe you deserve to be infected.
 
That's why I love Macs and iPhones. Watch as much porn as you like and no viruses, ever. :D

Lol, if you want to watch porn on an Android phone, just don't be an idiot and disable all the security settings and enable the ones that let you download viruses.

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"To be infected, a user must change Android settings to allow out-of-market apps and then manually install the APK."


if you are that stupid to watch porn on your phone *and* disable basic security barriers on it maybe you deserve to be infected.

I already called him out on his bogus post and he hasn't returned.
 
love all the "its the same thing replies"

no its not with iOS you get the best camera and obviously high end apps are on the AppStore
 
love all the "its the same thing replies"

no its not with iOS you get the best camera and obviously high end apps are on the AppStore

IPhone doesn't have the best camera. That feather belongs to the Lumia line.

I'll give you the apps.
 
That's why I love Macs and iPhones. Watch as much porn as you like and no viruses, ever. :D


Porn is still to reliant on Flash for iOS to be a good alternative. And while Adobe no longer supports mobile Flash you can still use it on an Android device. A friend told me that! :D
 
For me what is special about the iPhone is the way Apple views and treats the phone like a consumer appliance. Android tries too much to be like a computer in your pocket and ends up being horribly compromised in so many ways as a result. I much prefer Apple's properly integrated approach and that's what makes the iPhone the best smartphone.
 
the only special thing about iphone is the marketing that apple has to sell its products. other than that, android and windows phones do pretty much the same thing that an apple phone can do, and in some cases more.
 
the only special thing about iphone is the marketing that apple has to sell its products. other than that, android and windows phones do pretty much the same thing that an apple phone can do, and in some cases more.

Doing more is certainly true, but they both do them in ways much less enjoyable to actually use than the iPhone. That's the beauty of the iPhone and iOS.
 
Doing more is certainly true, but they both do them in ways much less enjoyable to actually use than the iPhone. That's the beauty of the iPhone and iOS.

that's a matter of personal opinion. some people like more, some like less.
 
For me one of the bigger differences is that on Android about 30% off apps either dont work at all or break every other time you use them.
 
iOS = apps do heavylifting
Android = OS does heavylifting.

All the differences between the two can be traced back to those simple philosophies.

And neither is necessarily better than the other. I use iOS for the same reason Cynics does - all my friends and family are on iOS and its just simpler to connect with them, send stuff to them and sync all my devices seamlessly.
 
Android phone users drum up images of poor, disheveled, unorganized, excuse givers. iPhone users project clean, educated, happy go getters.
 
That's why I love Macs and iPhones. Watch as much porn as you like and no viruses, ever. :D
Well, not quite ever.

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Android phone users drum up images of poor, disheveled, unorganized, excuse givers. iPhone users project clean, educated, happy go getters.
There are still people out there who attach some sort of weird stereotypes to someone based on their phone or something like that?
 
IPhone doesn't have the best camera. That feather belongs to the Lumia line.

I'll give you the apps.

Yes the iPhone has the best camera. Lumia cameras suck because you have to crop and downgrade images in order to make the pics work with third party apps. The phrase third party apps on a Lumia phone is as generous as it gets because they have none.
 
Yes the iPhone has the best camera. Lumia cameras suck because you have to crop and downgrade images in order to make the pics work with third party apps. The phrase third party apps on a Lumia phone is as generous as it gets because they have none.

Heh. We're talking best Camera, not what camera autocompresses images to work with the carrier restrictions to sharing content over their network.
 
In my field the only way to get it thru peoples heads is to treat it like a boogeyman. Otherwise they'll click on every dam link they see.

There are certainly alternatives like Apple and even Google with Chrome OS. As for some people having issues with Windows or many other things, sure, of course there are, but there are still plenty of people that don't. Same foes for Android, and really anything else out there. There's no need for some sort of fear and doubt to be coming into play scaring people about some sort of boogeyman--sure, many bad things out there, but it doesn't mean by far that most people will run into any of that or will really be affected.


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You clearly don't work in IT. Yes people are this stupid.

"To be infected, a user must change Android settings to allow out-of-market apps and then manually install the APK."


if you are that stupid to watch porn on your phone *and* disable basic security barriers on it maybe you deserve to be infected.
 
In my field the only way to get it thru peoples heads is to treat it like a boogeyman. Otherwise they'll click on every dam link they see.



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You clearly don't work in IT. Yes people are this stupid.
As a generalization, yes, that's mostly true. In actual reality, while there are plenty of people like that, there are also plenty of people who know better as well.
 
I like the quality of my iPhone, no Android device presents this quality. I love the details in it, its elegance. And iOS rocks.
 
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