Android Un-Hackable?
Apr 2, 2017 09:04:37 #
Google offered $200,000 to anyone who could hack an Android device - no takers! Either Android is really secure, or they should have advertised this competition in Russia. 
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3186937/security/googles-android-hacking-contest-fails-to-attract-exploits.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3186937/security/googles-android-hacking-contest-fails-to-attract-exploits.html
Apr 3, 2017 13:09:37 #
$200,000 is not enough money. They can make a lot more money by hacking the phones or selling the code to other people. The US had to pay millions to get hackers to give them the code to hack an iPhone and the US did not give Apple the code to enable them to block it, which means the hackers and the US can still use the code. If a hacker gave the code to Google, Google would change the code and the hackers ability to hack android phones using that code would be gone.
Apr 3, 2017 14:31:56 #
jgangjr wrote:
$200,000 is not enough money. They can make a lot more money by hacking the phones or selling the code to other people. The US had to pay millions to get hackers to give them the code to hack an iPhone and the US did not give Apple the code to enable them to block it, which means the hackers and the US can still use the code. If a hacker gave the code to Google, Google would change the code and the hackers ability to hack android phones using that code would be gone.
If I could do it, I'd be glad to get the $200,000, but I'd probably be talented enough that $200k would be peanuts.
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