I Do Really Like Android

I’m not going to say Android is the most secure OS, I’m not going to say Android is more secure than iOS, and I’m not going to say Android is even secure at all. Maybe it is and maybe it isn’t, that’s not the issue.

I just want to say that the model of having every application forced to declare specific rights is one I can get behind. I the user get to see exactly what this application is going to do when I install it and the operating system is limiting programs. It’s great.

Yes, malware can just declare more rights and I’m just a user so I’ll get tricked eventually. But it’s serious progress. It’s not some BS with ‘Admin’ and ‘User’ groups where when a program says it wants Admin it could have completely legit reasons and then my computer is under some hackers control.

I just like that it tries to force least privilege on everything. It has its issues in the implementation but it at least looks good when you squint.