Chris DiBona at Google says all AV makers on Android are [crooks]

There's an interesting discussion on the web about whether AV products are needed on Android and Chris DiBona really got things going when he claimed all the AV makers "charlatans and scammers", and "IF you work for a company selling virus protection for android, rim or IOS you should be ashamed of yourself."

[ although these juicy quotes may change in subsequent edits ]

Then,

Antivirus makers responded on Ars - "We're not Scammers"


Unfortunately there was a small matter of 21 apps pulled from the Android market

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/03/malware-in-android-market-highlights-googles-vulnerability.ars

So is this simply a matter of Mr DiBona using a pedantic definition of AV?

1. AV has truly morphed to Malware detection
2. If you use Perry's Law of Malware - You can only respond to two kinds of problems - the kind you've seen and the kind you can anticipate. People who care about their data and IT need to address both - and we can't simply trust Google and the Carriers to do it for us.

Perry

Update 1/4/2012 - Maybe he means this?
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/fake-antivirus-scams-targeting-android-users-122911

Update 1/28/2012 
From Slashdot: Android Malware May Have Infected 5 Million Users

Oh really?  5 million users af[in]fected because a platform is 

1. Totally insecure
2. Has no AV or Malware detection
3. Even though it has a single place to acquire software, the administrators of the distributor have completely abdicated their responsibilities for quality control 
4. Largely unpatched due to closed platform on customer dependence on suppliers who prioritize releasing new devices far above fixing the security of old devices?

And the people trying to make a business out of this obvious customer need are scammers?
Hello? Anybody home?  

Google knows all, and sometimes it's easy to make them tell

This is interesting - a blogger uses google analytics to de-anonymize another blogger

http://waxy.org/2011/11/google_analytics/

Lesson- If it's important to keep your anonymity - link nothing together

It's 1984, i guess

Well I guess it's like the frog in the water...  He never notices it's boiling until it's too late.

I think it's too late

When will the TV's be two way?  Soon?

What can these people possibly be thinking?

:-(

Update: Newegg *HAS* jumped the shark. Death Watch?

Well, it happens to the best of them.

I was looking for a flat panel TV for my daughter, and happened to look at Plasma TV's at Newegg, to see if they were still the best deal.

Well, I went to the page for 42+", and 29 out of 37 had no prices- you had to add them to your cart.  Some, being truly evil, you had to enter your credit card at checkout just to see the price.

Then, I noticed, out of the "new" ( not recertified, open box, or out of stock ) there were only 2 out of 28 that had prices!

 I had to send a comment to them to tell them how disappointed I was, and found that there was a 1000 character limit!

Well, that's one way to say "People aren't saying much bad about our new policies".

Sigh


Update - LED/LCD TV's aren't any better - "click for details" is code for "enter your credit card to see the price"

Update 2 "We're sorry. Due to technical difficulties[emphasis mine] we are temporarily unable to accept Discover cards through our Credit Card payment option. Discover cards may be used via the PayPal option. Please select an alternate credit card or payment method."

SO I can't even get the price now?

Let's watch their downhill slide in Reseller Ratings :-(

Perry

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report is Available

Interesting Findings, sure to be misinterpreted by the mass media

If you're reasonably interested, key findings are available in a separate document

perry

Zynga? Who's that?

Hahahaha

Just kidding - I know who they are - they make Farmville and Mafiawars and their motto is "do evil"

95% reduction in profit?  Cool. Too bad it's not revenue.  Soon.

Groupon too?  Whoda thunk?

Update:  11/28/2011 - Zynga's nice work environment made slashdot.  Big surprise.  Don't think it'll affect anything.

Update 2 - Guess what - Groupon isn't the greatest thing for their vendors.  "Without a doubt, the worst decision I have made".  People will say that after their IPO too.

Microsoft paper Shows They're Cheaper than VMWare

According to El Reg, using Server 2008 r2 virtualization is much more economical than VMWare

here

In this case, be careful about the server licenses - where they show smaller quantities than they actually sell more to follow... Perry