Just like the last Android security threat story I read by this author, it neglects to highlight facts that make it less of a story. It barely mentions that this exploit requires the Android user to install software from a malicious website rather than the Android Market that all other software is typically installed through. It doesn't even mention that the built-in Android installation mechanism warns the user that this software wants access to sending SMS messages.
To be infected by this, the user has to overlook a lot of common sense. It doesn't matter what OS your phone, computer, etc uses - if you don't use some common sense, no OS is impervious to all threats.
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