Android flaw news

[roninblade]

kung Google tests everything, the scenario gets closed and controlled, which is not the way open source works.
people always see opensource as free....not always the case....

in opensource, code should always be available for everyone for manipulation.
dito nagsisimula ang security issues.

btw..... ang problema with open source is not on viruses but on malware.

i think you have the wrong idea about the nature of the issue, open source, and testing.

every major software company does extensive testing but they can't test EVERYTHING. they make tests for each each use case they can think of but they can't cover everything. that's why there are regular patches and updates from Google, MS, and, yes, even Apple. some bugs are serious, some are not. it just turns out this current Android bug is a serious security flaw.

whether closed source or open source if software companies can test absolutely everything then we would live in a perfect world and there would be no software bugs and security issues that require patching.

finally, the issue has nothing to do with open source at all. it has to do hacking and security protocols. bluebox tampered with an application to grant it all permissions (to do anything) on the device. hackers don't have to have your source code to make trojan applications. the problem with android is it's security protocols but the hack is in the apps which are mostly closed source.