Call Secure Android, Google officials welcomed Laughter

In a question and answer session at the Gartner Symposium event , Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt made ​​a statement which invited laughter from the audience . At that time , Schmidt said that the security of the Android platform is superior to the iPhone .

Comments related to this Android platform security expressed by Schmidt in response to a statement from David Willis , an analyst at Gartner .

" When you do a poll of most people from the audience , they would say that Google's Android is not their primary platform . Moment you say Android , the people said , wait a moment , Android is not safe , " Willis said , as quoted from ZDNet , Wednesday ( 08.10.2013 ) .

"Unsafe ? Android more secure than the iPhone , " Schmidt replied quickly .

The statement is said to laughter from the audience in attendance .

Google officials did not directly explain the meaning of this statement . He just said , Android has been present long enough and has about 1 billion users . Therefore , Android already through security testing directly every day .

Android platform is often regarded as the " nest " malware . In fact , the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) has issued a warning related to existing malware on Google 's platform fib .

The malware is different kind . Most existing malware used by cyber criminals to steal critical data users and take over an infected device .

fragmentation problem

In the event , Schmidt also get a question about fragmentation on Android . Fragmentation itself has been complained by many Android users as one of the weaknesses of these platforms .

The term here means a lot of fragmentation in the Android apps that are not compatible with the display on the device screen size and resolution are different , especially in a small sailing or Android smartphone that comes with a physical QWERTY keyboard .

Through a statement , Schmidt seemed to want to assert that there is no such thing as fragmentation in the Android ecosystem . According to him , every vendor always keep the online store Google Play Store always compatible .

" With Android , we have an agreement with the vendor that you will make Android compatible stores and this is an important breakthrough for Android , " Schmidt said .

Schmidt comparing Android with Unix , in which Unix users do not have a store app that keeps them unified .

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