How a few legitimate app developers threaten the entire Android userbase (Ars Technica)

Posted Oct 16, 2015 22:02 UTC (Fri) by adler187 (guest, #80400)
In reply to: How a few legitimate app developers threaten the entire Android userbase (Ars Technica) by mfuzzey
Parent article: How a few legitimate app developers threaten the entire Android userbase (Ars Technica)

"... there would be no [legitimate] need for packaged root exploits ..."

How a few legitimate app developers threaten the entire Android userbase (Ars Technica)

Posted Oct 25, 2015 0:52 UTC (Sun) by malor (guest, #2973) [Link]

Well, the only market would be an illegal one. Regular people wouldn't need it and wouldn't pay for it, so presumably making an exploit kit would be less rewarding, and they wouldn't have as much care and attention lavished on them.

I regard this as a direct consequence to locking the hardware; it belongs to the user, not to the company, and acting any other way puts everyone at risk.