Mobile devices = Hackers next frontier

[Human_Droid]

Who is in charge of keeping things safe for us? Google & Android? Our carriers? Motorola? Samsung?

 

[Anathema]

You, for not downloading anything that you don't trust.

 

[zomnomnombie]

"Hackers" are only effective when the person who has been "hacked" is not vigilant. Remember those warnings when you downloaded that istealurpersonalinfo.exe turns out it means something.

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[IanG]

Common sense should be the one in charge. Nobody should expect other people to hold their hands, in my opinion.

 

[AlexSB]

You, for not downloading anything that you don't trust.

This pretty much^^

Google has taken action, back in the summer (I think) when a host of malicious apps were found, Google nuked them from the market/our phones.

 

[aaf709]

And watch out for sites that advertise a paid app for free.

 

[Heywood]

And watch out for sites that advertise a paid app for free.

GetJar?

 

[aaf709]

GetJar?

Maybe not, but "something for nothing" doesn't always pan out.