Sure, but that's also how most Windows computers become infected:
people running software from shady sources ("click here for hilarious
smiley face cursors!") when they ought to know better. The user is the
weakest link. And apparently Macs aren't much better than PCs at
protecting weak users from themselves.Jesse On May 8, 4:37 pm, Evil Mushroom Lord <[email protected]> wrote: > Well--- to be fair, that was because all of those people downloaded > cracked pirated software that had a trojan embedded in it. > > (I am an OS agnostic and use linux/osx/windows. :) ) > > ~Evil Mushroom Lord > > Mushroom Wars: The Splatting > Featured on the Android Market > now!http://www.android.com/market/paid.html#app=thesplatting > > On May 8, 3:23 pm, Jesse McGrew <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Same way they get away with airing ads that made MacOS out to be "the > > secure platform" a week after that Mac botnet was discovered... pure > > chutzpah. They have no shame. > > > Jesse > > > On May 7, 10:26 am, mike quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And the iphone add says "only on the iphone", which is obviously untrue > > > so I > > > don't know how they get away with that line. > > > > On May 7, 2009 4:50 PM, "Mark Anacker" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > And of course, there's the marketing angle. I see Apple's "There's an > > > app for that" iPhone commercials *constantly*. Those leave the > > > impression that the iPhone is *the* tool for doing anything you might > > > want to do on the go. Android, on the other hand, has a single T- > > > Mobile commercial. No mention of applications at all. So people > > > think it's just another cell phone, and get an iPhone for all the cool > > > stuff it can do. > > > > On May 7, 8:40 am, schwiz <[email protected]> wrote: > 5 bucks is a lot to > > > ask for a cell phone game... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
