Android tablets at Best Buy, Target, Amazon, Walmart found to with security flaws, malware

Apple Insider ^ | Tuesday, November 25, 2014, 01:14 pm | By Daniel Eran Dilger

[Swordmaker]

Warn your friends that BLACK FRIDAY Android bargain Tablet may cost them their identity!

Android tablets at Best Buy, Target, Amazon, Walmart found to include major security flaws, malware

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[American in Israel]

Every windows PC on earth ships with security vunerabilities. It is what updates are for.

[American in Israel]

This article says everyone sells the worst droid, who was it written by, Apple Sales Department?

Oh, wait...

LOL

[Swordmaker]

Every windows PC on earth ships with security vunerabilities. It is what updates are for.

Absolutely true. Many of these low end Android Tablets are non-updatable. When you buy a $49 tablet, it isn't going to be a very good maker who provides access to updates. Most people who buy them aren't going to have a clue about how to Root them and install something better than the pre-installed junk.

[Swordmaker]

This article says everyone sells the worst droid, who was it written by, Apple Sales Department?

Look again. This article is basically talking about bargain bin Android tablets, not the higher end tablets, and even recommends some.

[Liberty Valance]

My son installed the latest Mac Mini for me. I’m still learning.
Very cool so far.

[prisoner6]

There must be trouble in Appleland if the fanboys are floating this hit piece.

[VanDeKoik]

Aren’t these the same people that scream about “Apple haters” all the time?

And yet here is the chief troll. When he isn’t posting slobbering adulation about Apple, he scrapes around for negative articles about their competition.

[rarestia]

Every windows PC on earth ships with security vunerabilities. It is what updates are for.

Absolutely true.

Are you insinuating that the tablets mentioned in the article run a Windows operating system while the article clearly states they're Android devices?

[rlmorel]

If you read carefully, you can see Swordmaker was quoting another Freeper that said that. He wasn’t insinuating anything.

[rlmorel]

I always find it amusing when people get absolutely incensed at some perceived slight to their choice of operating system.

I have found the anger is far greater, and people go out of their way to inject vitriol far more often on one side than another.

I wonder why that is so?

[BCW]

YES - a competitive article of “don’t buy the Android - buy the Apple instead”...

Apple does do a better job screening the app’s to where they are clean before they arrive on the iStore so to speak...

My house hold - we have both Android and iPads...but setting up security and downloading a reputable anti-virus for either should allows b priority #1 for any computer system - be it desktop, laptop, or mobile device.

[Dr. Sivana]

Every windows PC on earth ships with security vunerabilities. It is what updates are for.

A security vulnerability on most computers is equivalent to an unlocked window on the second or third story of a windowed office building, or a key hidden in under a rock on the grounds.

Shipping the machine set to SU is more like a a windowed office building with NO LOCKS on the doors.

My guess is the intent was mainly laziness and ease of access for the developers, but who knows?

[Excellence]

My Windows phone has a 1080 x 1920 screen.
So, my son’s tablet could infect all devices through the WiFi?

[DFG]

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[zeugma]

Does anyone know anything about this “Trustable” app? I’ve an android that I’ve not bothered to root yet because it’s mainly a book reader/web browser. I’d really like to see something like chkrootkit that could look for common things. Unfortunately, in order to install something like chkrootkit, you’d probably have to root the device :-(

[W.]

I have read that e-cigs and vaporizers that plug into computer USB ports for recharging have been found to be infecting the machines with malware. Take care and do due diligence when purchasing/using those devices, or charge only with the 110v power adapter...

[Swordmaker]

So, my son’s tablet could infect all devices through the WiFi?

Possible, but doubtful. More likely they will be seeking ID data.

[Swordmaker]

Does anyone know anything about this “Trustable” app? I’ve an android that I’ve not bothered to root yet because it’s mainly a book reader/web browser. I’d really like to see something like chkrootkit that could look for common things. Unfortunately, in order to install something like chkrootkit, you’d probably have to root the device :-(

These guys look trustable, but who knows. So did Dr. Web out of Russia.