[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Nice to see MS going after Google. Due to privacy and security issues I'll never use Android or anything by Google other than as a search engine. The company I work for is just starting to allow iOS devices connect to the servers but will never allow anything Android based.[/citation]
That's a total myth that android somehow is vastly more insecure than the others.
If something is open source it must be really open for evil hackers, right?
Yes, but at the same time it is also open in the same way for people around the world to detect security holes and threats and patch them.
Just compare Firefox (open source) to Internet explorer (closed). Firefox is by far much more secure.
It's just one of the really big advantages of being open source. Having a lot of people around the world fixing things instead of relying on a few people at microsoft or apple doing it, not even being sure if they tell you about the problem for a long time (have happened time after time with Windows for example, with some problems being there for months).
Also, android has much more ways for a company to manage exactly what a user is allowed to do, more or less like in a real secure OS with different privileges and so on.
Google has also introduced a new bouncer feature for android market, which will prevent malware to be present.
Some interesting readingon the subject:
http://www.mobilityfeeds.com/mobility-feed/2011/12/apples-ios-is-not-more-secure-than-android-its-only-that-apple-can-be-very-opaque-google.html
http://www.zdnet.com.au/will-android-be-more-secure-than-ios-339325631.htm
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-market-security-addressed-googles-new-bouncer