Sundar Pichai: Android Designed For Openness; Security a Lower Priority

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this week, Google Android chief Sundar Pichai spoke at the Mobile World Congress where he explained, rather bluntly, that Android is designed to be open more so than it's designed to be safe. He also added that if he were a hacker today, he too would focus most of his efforts on Android on account of its marketshare position." Related: wiredmikey writes "Boeing is launching 'Boeing Black phone,' a self-destructing Android-based smartphone that the company says has no serviceable parts, and any attempted servicing or replacing of parts would destroy the product. 'Any attempt to break open the casing of the device would trigger functions that would delete the data and software contained within the device and make the device inoperable,' the company explained. ... The device should not be confused with the new encrypted Blackphone, developed by the U.S. secure communications firm Silent Circle with Spanish manufacturer Geeksphone."

The market has spoken

[Anonymous Coward]

Blackberry prioritized security over extensibility. Where did that get them?

Boeing needs to sell to the DOD

[WindBourne]

Seriously, this is the kind of phone that should be in our troops hands. Basically, we need secured systems that are also weather and water proof. And if Boeing builds it with western chips, then it should be fully secured.