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Study: Rooted Androids, Jailbroken iPhones Found in Enterprises – Dark Reading

Study: Rooted Androids, Jailbroken iPhones Found in Enterprises
Dark Reading
Mobile security firm Lookout Security found five in every 1,000 Android devices in enterprises were rooted, while one in every 1,000 iPhones device was jailbroken. Lookout's data came from consumer and corporate data from over 100 million Android and …

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Google Wallet Cracker Exposes PIN on Rooted Android Devices – PC Magazine

Google Wallet Cracker Exposes PIN on Rooted Android Devices
PC Magazine
These are all good steps to take for Android security, whether or not you use Google Wallet. Check Rubin's full post for full details as well as a video showing how easy it is to crack the PIN on a rooted phone. For more from Neil, follow him on

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Avast Launches Free Android Security Software With Special Features for Rooted … – PCWorld


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Avast Launches Free Android Security Software With Special Features for Rooted
PCWorld
By Lucian Constantin, IDG-News-Service:Romania-Bureau Avast Software has launched a free Android security product that combines antivirus, anti-theft and firewall components and provides special features for rooted devices. Avast Free Mobile Security
Avast boards Android to protect your bootyCNET (blog)
Avast Intros Free Android Security SolutioneSecurity Planet
Android App Permissions May Spark False Sense of SecurityCIO (blog)
ITworld.com –PC Advisor
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Android Market’s new movie rental service blocked from rooted devices (Jerry Hildenbrand/Android Central)

Jerry Hildenbrand / Android Central:
Android Market’s new movie rental service blocked from rooted devices  —  We can’t make this up people.  According to Google, who gets to make the rules since it’s their service, rooted devices are not supported by the Android Markets new movie rental service “due to requirements related to copyright protection”.

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