June 9th, 2010, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Les Common
2.2: Thanks for your informed speculation. I'll hold you to that date. :-)
root?: Was tempted to root, but then saw jailbroken iPhones get hit with a virus that was suspected of swiping passwords while the stock phones were fine.
And yes, Android is different than iPhone. Yes, there are security programs you can run on Android. But Android is reaching critical mass, and the bad guys have to have us in their sites.
I work in healthcare, and the potential security feces flurry if, unlikely as it is, I get hacked outweighs the clear benefits and, well, just fun that the root crowd is having.
-Les
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I believe that the jailbroken iPhones were getting "hacked" because jailbreaking also installed an SSH server. Since most people never bothered to change the default password, people were able to compromise iPhones by using the default username and password. Rooting an Android phone doesn't install an SSH server; unless you install one of your own (and possibly even then) you'll be fine.
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Originally Posted by UBRocked
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