For Eric Schmidt, Android is safer and it makes us laugh iOS

At a conference, the president of Google Android assured was very secure, as the iPhone. An assertion that was laughed assistance. Rightly or wrongly?

Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, has the usual formulas that around the web. The last, he delivered at the Gartner Symposium, during a question and answer session about 45 minutes.

IOS safer?

While an analyst at Gartner said: "When you say Android people respond, wait a minute, Android is not safe." What Eric Schmidt responded tit for tat: "Not sure? It is safer than the iPhone. " A distributed which was laughter in the room, before Eric Schmidt continues resservant the usual argument the number of active users, more than one billion, indicating that this platform is here to stay and that consequently, it sifts uncompromising security in the real world.

Safety debated

If Android is much more subject to iOS malware, it is because of too many unofficial application stores, which are the source of many infections and threats. From a standpoint of pure code, Android is not so sure that the operation of the Cupertino company. System "What saves iOS is closed model Apple has adopted for its Store" , recognize many security experts, including Laurent Symantec Heslault France.

In this inherently, Android is not less secure iOS, depending on the degree of care users. The fact that there are more malware developed for Android does not therefore less secure platform if used intelligently and with full knowledge of the risks we take.

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The role of Store

However, the president of Google assigns a different role to Google Play. For him, this is the solution to another problem of Android fragmentation: "With Android, we have an agreement with manufacturers who want to maintain their compatibility with Android blinds and this is a great step forward for Android ".
To close the conference, analysts summarized it this way: "What I heard is that Android is more secure than the iPhone," what Eric Schmidt said, "Android is very safe" , again making the audience giggle and concluded: "You will be happier with Gmail, Chrome and Android, more than you can imagine." A formula that has resulted in a new series of laughs. Heard?