An interesting Wall Street Journal article popped up on the third, but I haven’t been updating every site I run as often as I should. If you are a writer and interested in submitting articles, let me know.

The WSJ article is titled “Dark Side Arises for Phone Apps” with a subhead of “Security Concerns Prompt Warnings” and frankly, has the most hyperbolic title you could give in relation to software written for the mobile platform. Why? Because instead of saying “Dark Side Arises for Google App Store” it says Phone Apps which belies the fact the article states later on that Apple and RIM both are proactive in preventing undesirable applications from being distributed on the respective platforms. No, it says the all encompassing “PHONE” apps. And it isn’t true. There has never been a security concern for Apple apps. It takes an army to solve the Google Software Store problems, which is why they leave it up to the users to find issues.

Unlike Apple or BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., Google doesn’t have employees dedicated to vetting applications submitted to its Android store. Google said it removes apps that violate its policies, but largely relies on users to alert it to bad software. “We check reactively,” said a Google spokesman. “There is no manual bottleneck.”

The article goes on to discuss a year old exploit that was patched in a matter of days and was a weakness in the SMS protocol interpretation, not just the iPhone. Another FUD attempt. I’m not one to believe that a system is perfect. My standard saying is that “as soon as humans are perfect, so will be their creations.” We’re far from perfect and our creations are even further from perfect; see BP’s Deepwater Horizon, who’s name couldn’t be truer words. The article is just stupid because the only weakness it found in reference to Apple was a protocol outside of the App Store. Oh, wasn’t the “App Store” created by Apple? No one else has an  App Store, when people think App Store, they think Apple. Stop using it for everyone else.

But, I guess anti-Apple users will find solace in this article, Apple fans will read it in frustration, and clicks will generate income and job security for the author. Here is a cookie “Spencer E. Ante.” Hyperbole 1: Common Sense 0.

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