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Android Security: Google or Carriers issue?

Posted on January 16, 2015 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Android Security: Google or Carriers issue?

In the world of Android a couple of disturbing articles have come out recently. Google is no long patching 4.3 (Jellybean) and earlier versions. Also the amount of malware for Android increased by 75% last year. This begs, who is to receive blame on the vendor side? We all know people do not patch apps….

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Security – Open Source vs. Closed: It’s a matter of eyes

Posted on April 14, 2014 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on Security – Open Source vs. Closed: It’s a matter of eyes

For years there has been the whole what is more secure, Open or Closed source? Microsoft has and still takes a beating over this. Truth, though, is a different thing. We all have heard of Heartbleed by now. The 2 year old security gap in OpenSSL has been all over the news. During all of…

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Rants, Security, Software

Android ICS and the Razr

Posted on July 16, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Android ICS and the Razr

A couple of weeks ago, Verizon pushed ICS down to my Razr. I had been look forward to the upgrade for a while, but was it everything one wants? The biggest problem with the Android OS is Google puts out a new version right about the time the Upgrades to the prior version come out….

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