If I understand well, what you are saying that apps should be a highly regulated market. From TFA: " Although the infected apps request an uncommonly large number of privileges -- something that the user must approve -- Haley argued that few people bother reading them before giving their okay." If I am allergic to nuts, and I don't bother to read the big red label that some cookies contain nuts, if I get in a coma, hey, that's Nabisco's fault, not mine! They should KNOW I can be bothered to read some boring warnings. I want my cookies, and I want NOW!

It's funny when americans are faced with public healthcare systems that work. Actually, it's not funny, it's sad.

As Randall Munroe would have said,"citation needed".

The first time I saw someone coding a MUMPS program, I figured that it was just a memory dump.

Uncanny Valley comes to mind. I'm the only one to think that is a little bit creepy talk to a machine in the same manner I would talk to a person?

Well, if you are a employee of Verisign, could you tell us why then ? If you're not, tell us anyway. We like to read fiction. :)

Slashdot should change the headline to "New SMS Trojan Found In Application Stores/Markets". That would call even more readers. Because that IS the point, isn't?

There are similar regulations in Brazil also.

Jail-broken Android? Android is not in jail (or in a walled garden, if you want to put that way). And I don't need root to use PGP. Please clarify!

http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-05-02