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Safer iPad or Tablet Android?

Safer iPad or Tablet Android?


(Our Tech Blog) The two most common choice if you want to use the tablet is iPad or Android-based devices. But which of the two is more secure?

Raiu Costin, Director, Global Research & Analysis Team, Kaspersky Labs, gives his opinions in an online press conference that followed detikINET on Wednesday (20/07/2011).

According to him, the existing security model in the iPad is actually better than Android. However, Apple provides many restrictions on the device, such as carrier lock and others.

Restrictions of Apple's making a lot of parties interested in trying it apart, or better known as the jailbreak. In fact, according to Costin, a greater security risk would appear from the jailbreak.

As for Android devices, Costin said there was an update of the operating system that is less reliable. "Sometimes, when going to update the device it crashes it," he said.

However, Costin did not want to give a firm recommendation whether users would be safer to use iPad or tablets Android.

"What can we recommend is, do not jailbreak or root. Do not use a public WiFi. Do not use a PIN or password is simple. And do not keep a secret document on the device," he said.

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