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not necessarily. i might store far more phone numbers on my phone than i bother to put in my desktop address book. same with calendar entries.
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And your list of phone numbers and calendar entries is more important than the actual work that you do? ANd you never backup the phone numbers on your device onto your computer?
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I would prefer that a carrier not lock stuff, so people with tech skills can tinker, yet make things simple enough so that I don't get hung up. I also would prefer some kind of checking of apps before they go to the market I shop at. Without tech know-how, I'm basically relying on companies to screen. Yes, I can read warnings and (dis)approve, but I'm guessing that scammers are hiding whatever they're really trying to do. |
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Hard to tell, Verizon and Sprint have been marketing "Open" solutions for some time now. Locking out their phones really goes against their philosophy. And AT&T well their AT&T. Quote:
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Historically Google has been a huge proponent of Open Source and has based much of their success on using open source and contributing to Open Source, unlike SONY, Amazon and Apple. But fair enough, though historically Google has always been an huge Open source contributor, any company can change direction in a heart beat. But why argue about tomorrow when we have plenty of discord in our present day. And my tomorrow is free of war and discord. =X= |
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There are trade-offs in any system that provides internet access. Apple has chosen one way (one which I vehemently disagree with) others - Android, MS, Linux, have chosen other approaches to the market. I prefer to take my chances, protect myself appropriately and have access to what I choose to use on my technology appliances. |
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Joking aside, my point stands. Installing "unapproved" applications on a phone is no more dangerous than doing it on your computer. I would say it is a lot less dangerous.
Phones/tablets/media consumption devices contain far less critical information than computers that are actually used for something productive. |
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well. no one is arguing that installing cydia apps poses a risk, and hopefully with as cautious as apple is about everything they aren't letting any rogue apps into their store.
as for the critical level of data. i wouldn't say that at all. i have quite a few sensitive documents on my ipad. nothing stopping me from loading them there. nothing stopping me from deleting them easily. with apple's pin code wipe and remote wipe capabilities can be pretty sure they don't fall into the "wrong hands". i realize not everyone may use their ipad for work purposes today, but that will change as the days go by. |
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The point is: there is no security risk to using android greater than the security rusk in using any computer. Since no one is raising a hue and cry about the ability to install "unapproved" applications on a computer, it is silly at best and disingenuous at worst to do so for Android devices.
Unless you are arguing that Apple should be able to control everything that is installed on your computer as well, in which case you need to be locked up for your own safety. |
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really don't get why people have to start up with personal attacks when someone doesn't share the same opinion with them..
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