Android World Update # Editorial: The only secure option is the one that lets us read the code

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Editorial: The only secure option is the one that lets us read the code Jul 29th 2013, 17:22, by Jerry Hildenbrand Unless you can see what it's doing, you have to trust that the software running on your mobile device is for your eyes only We're going to spend a bit of time talking security on Talk Mobile 2013 this week. A lot of the discussion is going to be about what you share online, with or without your knowledge, and ways we can keep our mobile devices secured when they leave our hands. It's all very important stuff, but there is one other thing I want to bring up, and that's what I like to call the transparency factor. To put it simply, the only time you can trust any software is when you can read the code and see what it is doing. Maybe you (and often times, me as well) don't understand all of it, but rest assured someone out there does. And they are looking. Putting code online for peer review is the only way independent third parties can see what it is really doing. And that can be pretty damn important. read more

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