[Info-vax] Taking a break - Open Source on OpenVMS Conference Calls Resume

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/4/2022 6:15 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 4:20:40 PM UTC-5, John Dallman wrote:
>> In article <2ae3f4b0-82ac-4b7a... at googlegroups.com>,
>> rol... at logikalsolutions.com (seasoned_geek) wrote:
>>
>>> On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 9:56:51 AM UTC-5, John Dallman wrote:
>>>> In article <4ae4de33-ba0d-403a... at googlegroups.com>,
>>>> rol... at logikalsolutions.com (seasoned_geek) wrote:
>>>>
>> OK, so a segment of the Android app market is having a fashion for Dart
>> and Flutter. Those work fine on Android and iOS. That doesn't in itself
>> imply a transition to Fuchsia. Do you have any more substantial sources
>> on that than the likes of
>> <https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/is-samsung-looking-to-replace-android-w
>> ith-fuchsia-os>?
> 
> Not that can be linked to or isn't currently protected by NDA. It appears some of their employees have been tweeting things they shouldn't have.
> https://www.sammyfans.com/2021/12/22/fuchsia-may-power-future-samsung-devices-replacing-android/

"According to the latest rumor ..."

:-)

>> Samsung is a big enough organisation that they can keep in touch with
>> projects that aren't their definite plans. Google is a large and
>> balkanised organisation: I'm sure there are people within it who would
>> love to replace Android with Fuchsia, but there definitely aren't enough
>> Fuschia resources out there for that process to start. I looked, and
>> there isn't much documentation, no app SDK and no NDK.
> 
> Well Android has architectural and security flaws that simply cannot be fixed. In particular it cannot be defended against this.
> https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/18/israeli-spyware-used-to-target-phones-of-journalists-and-activists-investigation-finds.html
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)

????

Pegasus for Android called Chrysaor actually spread by tricking users
to install the malware from a link.

The ability for users to run malicious programs is usually not
considered an architectural and security flaw.

Arne