Agreed. My father did the same thing. Worst car he has ever owned, and he has had some clunkers. Never buy anything but wine or cheese made by the French, and especially not cars.

Not quite. "Obscene" material is illegal, however the definition of "obscene" is not a federal standard. It is up to local government to decide what is "obscene" and what isn't. So there can't be any federal law making pornography illegal to distribute.

Wikipedia can answer that.Some courts have applied US copyright protection to pornographic materials. Although the first US Copyright law specifically barred obscene materials, the provision was removed in subsequent extensions of copyright. Most pornographic productions are theoretically work for hire meaning pornographic models do not receive statutory royalties for their performances. Of difficulty is the changing views of what is considered obscene, meaning works could slip into and out of copyright protection based upon the prevailing standards of decency. This was not an issue with the copyright law up until 1972 when copyright protection required registration. When congress changed the law to make copyright protection automatic and for the life of the author, some courts have held it effectively granted copyright protection to pornography because materials once considered obscene might no longer be considered as such. Congress's decision also made ascertaining the copyright status of pornographic materials nearly impossible because of the secrecy conferred to the identity of the models and producers.

The copyright status of pornography in the United States has been challenged as late as February 2012.

And when she buys an iPad, how are you going to duplicate that setup?

So what happens if the icon isn't there? What happens if the program that is supposed to run when she clicks the icon is broken?

Now read the rest of my post. Forcing someone to use {Product X} isn't the answer to security.

"Ok Grandma so you can't look at a picture. Here is what you need to do - drop to a command line and start your ssh server. Check to make sure that the port is forwarded so I can connect on my end with VNC. Ok that all set up? Great now I can start to help you."

An operating system is not a panacea. What I have done with my family, instead of ramming something down their throat that is likely above their abilities, is to teach them good basic security practices, and that bad things can happen if you are not careful no matter what software/OS you are using. I taught them to be security minded instead of giving them the illusion nothing bad could ever possibly happen because I am using {Product X}. Guess who gets a lot less calls now? And how are you going to make them use Linux on their iPads, or do you also get to dictate which technology products anyone in your family can buy as well as dictate which software they can run?

I would say at a basic minimum, the ability to add memory without using a soldering gun and voiding your warranty.

Demos, hell, whole games available for downloading. And way before the word a "torrent" had anything to do with digital distribution.

How can a service that only provides other artist's content and takes 1/3 of the money not be turning a profit? What are they running on Apple Servers so their server cost is quadrupled?

My observation of facts was - "Just don't uncheck the box allowing third party software to be installed and you thwart this type of attack ."(Emphasis added)
(If this is in fact a theory, you certainly haven't disproved it.) Which is true in the case we are actually talking about. I never claimed that having that box checked would prevent ALL types of malware, but it certainly will prevent third party apps form being installed. If you can cite a source showing that an un-rooted Android phone somehow installed a third party app when the box was checked, you may have something. Posting articles saying a few malicious apps made it into the Google Play store is a strawman at best. That isn't what we were talking about originally, and changing the subject isn't helping your arguments any. And considering TFA states explicitly that this particular malware WAS installed using a third party app, you really have no argument.

If this is the case, you posting a citation proving it should be trivial. Or maybe your theory is nice, but it doesn't match reality...
Considering right in TFA it states this particular malware was installed using infected third-party apps, saying this would work even on a phone set to not install third party apps seems a bit inaccurate.

So say I sell you a house with a door with locks. The door locks by default when you shut it, but you decide to change it, and leave your door unlocked all the time, and as a result, get robbed. Obviously this is my fault for selling you a house with a "known security defect", the manufacturer of the door for allowing it to be unlocked, the lock manufacturer, and anybody in the else in the world you can think of but yourself. Sorry, but at some point the user has to take some responsibility for his own actions. Even with it's walled garden an iPhone user could still leave his phone on the bus. Is that Apple fault for making a phone you can put down? Hardly. Any Android user who gets owned by a third-party app has allowed that to happen by playing with the default security. If you don't know what you are doing, you have no business changing the security settings in the first place.

Anytime you think of an operating system as your security, you have already lost the battle. Security is a process and procedures, not a product, not software, and not an operating system. Android can be locked down securely as well as iOS. Just don't uncheck the box allowing third party software to be installed and you thwart this type of attack.

But if the need arose for more storage space, buying a bigger SD card for under $150 would be preferable to upgrading to the next fixed size storage tablet at over $500. Plus if you get a new tablet, you can use the same SD card in that, and easily and almost instantly transfer all of your data.

I have never seen a MicroSD card "stick out" of anything, that is not even valid here. It isn't a USB thumb drive we are talking about, or something external you need to carry. Install it once and you are done. It is basically "built-in" once installed. The Cloud is useless if you are in an area with no internet access. I want access to all of my files 100% of the time and quickly. Time is valuable to me. I could care less what MS is "touting" about the Cloud. Microsoft includes an expansion slot for additional local storage in their tablet, something lacking in the Apple tablets.