Openmoko on Wikipedia

Rui Miguel Silva Seabra rms at 1407.org
Wed Nov 10 11:47:06 CET 2010


Em 29-10-2010 21:55, Stefan Monnier escreveu:
>> This is done to protect users from malware,
>
> Please don't spread such misinformation.  It is done to keep control of
> the device away from the user.  I.e. it's only correct if you define
> "malware" as "program that the company doesn't like", whereas I think
> it's usually understood as "program which does things that the end-user
> doesn't like".  Many pre-installed software on today's popular devices
> are actually malware (tho only discerning users realize it).

Yeah, and useless as certain malware apps have popped up into Android 
and iPhoney.

Rui



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