Information provided by smallbusiness.chron.com
Android smartphones and tablets are very popular because of how inexpensive they are. The reason these devices are so cheap is because Google, owner of the Android mobile smartphone and tablet software, gives the software away for free to device manufacturers. In exchange, Google is given the right to data-mine the Android phone and tablets for advertising and sales purposes.
Many people do not realize that Android represents the “Wild, Wild West” of smartphone and tablet operating systems. Here are the reasons to avoid Android devices.
- Google does not manage the Google App Store to prevent programmers from uploading Google apps containing malware to the store. This loose store management puts Android users at risk of malware attack, hacking, or other security situations that could be detrimental to the customer.
- Apps uploaded to the Google store may not include malware, however, they could have weak security built into the apps, which make them vulnerable to malware attack. Hackers can use malicious code to attack these apps and then in turn attack the Android device, bypassing the device’s security.
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