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Because the bug in Dolphin HD is *completely like* a third party putting SMS trojans on an Android phone that actually rips the user off for actual money.
Obviously, iOS can't be complacent, as the Charlie Miller demo shows. And malware incidents are still very rare on Android - the 500% increase from 6 months ago and the 480% increase now are from a very small number.
But iOS has had no real incidents of malware and is much more secure than Android at the present. In large part this is a function of being "open." But denying that A. is more susceptible to malware, or pretending that there is some sort of equivalence between the two platforms is disingenuous.
At the risk of being repetitive: Android allows you to put any apps on your phone. It is a *selling point* of the phone. But there is no way around the fact that putting non-curated random apps on your phone directly and unavoidably increases the chances of getting malware when compared to only putting approved apps on your phone as done by iOS. It is unavoidable. But the tradeoff between more openness and more risk is one that most Android evangelists are happy to accept: they are willing to take more responsiblility for vetting what goes on their phone in exchange for the freedom to put non-approved apps on their phone. They don't deny that the risk is there, but tend to believe that it can be managed (which for most people who pay attention is probably true).
But you can't have more freedom and more security: the freedom to install a random porn app from a site in Romania brings with it the increased risk of malware. The limitations imposed by only being able to install apps from Apple's app store brings with it increased protection from malware. These tradeoffs are unavoidable, and there's no point in pretending that they don't exist, or that the risks are equivalent.
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