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  • Android devices now come with native malware!

    From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Wed Feb 18 16:25:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    https://www.androidauthority.com/android-tablets-keenadu-malware-firmware-backdoor-3641651/

    Multiple brands of Android tablets shipped with built-in malware! No
    need to click on a hacker's link or visit a honey-pot website. All the
    work is done for you!
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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu Feb 19 02:53:12 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-02-18, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    https://www.androidauthority.com/android-tablets-keenadu-malware-firmware-backdoor-3641651/

    Multiple brands of Android tablets shipped with built-in malware! No
    need to click on a hacker's link or visit a honey-pot website. All the
    work is done for you!

    I do like Android and I like Apple as well.
    A software engineer explained her perspective of the differences to me.

    Apple focuses on one OS, plugs holes, supports it for a long time and it's basically
    a single OS that does what it is supposed to do. The user does have to fall in line
    and accept, for the most part, what Apple has chosen for them.

    Android is like a person throwing spaghetti at the wall looking to see what will stick.
    This is why buying a cheap Android phne vs a more expensive one may not be the best decision as support for the cheap phone may be limited.

    If your particular phone sticks to the wall it will get support.
    If not you are SOL.
    --
    pothead

    Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views,
    but then are shocked and offended to discover that there
    are other views.

    William F. Buckley, Jr.
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  • From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Thu Feb 19 09:05:49 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2/18/26 9:53 PM, pothead wrote:
    On 2026-02-18, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> wrote:
    https://www.androidauthority.com/android-tablets-keenadu-malware-firmware-backdoor-3641651/

    Multiple brands of Android tablets shipped with built-in malware! No
    need to click on a hacker's link or visit a honey-pot website. All the
    work is done for you!

    I do like Android and I like Apple as well.
    A software engineer explained her perspective of the differences to me.

    Apple focuses on one OS, plugs holes, supports it for a long time and it's basically
    a single OS that does what it is supposed to do. The user does have to fall in line
    and accept, for the most part, what Apple has chosen for them.

    Android is like a person throwing spaghetti at the wall looking to see what will stick.
    This is why buying a cheap Android phne vs a more expensive one may not be the
    best decision as support for the cheap phone may be limited.

    If your particular phone sticks to the wall it will get support.
    If not you are SOL.


    That pretty well sums it up for me. Finally got fed up with the
    inconsistency of Android. Even within the Samsung "walled garden" line
    of phones and tablets you had to be careful. Also, Samsung does not put
    the resources into its tablet line that Apple does for the iPad. Tablet computing is a high priority for both my wife and I.
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