Phone-ys, part BOOM

Google chair Eric Schmidt is apparently diversifying into comedy:erschmdtrb

Delivered with a spice of arrogance, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Monday declared the Android platform more secure than Apple’s iPhone…  The comparison, made during a question-and-answer session at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, drew laughter from a packed-house audience.

Points for brazenness.  Still, it’s not only a valid question, a question that needs to be asked, but a question that must be asked now.  The shift from desktops (or even laptops) to mobile “devices” is not merely happening, it’s a landslide.  Anyone denying this is only fooling themselves.  The problem of security on these devices is not simply carried over, it’s multiplied. Continue reading