Due to the immense popularity of smartphones and smart devices, and to the very lucrative potential of gains in market share, each of the major smartphone vendors—Google, Apple, and Microsoft—has adopted an approach to improve security and lower risk for users. Interestingly, these vendors’ approaches don’t significantly differ. All three are based in part on the two main concepts of controlling access to applications (downloads) and compartmentalizing applications and their resources once downloaded.
Recent years have also seen a push to ensure that mobile platforms are well ...
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