The head of Google compared the security of iOS and Android

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, in a conversation with analyst David Willis at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo conference, made a sharp statement about the level of security of the iOS and Android operating systems, reports ZDNet .

Gartner analyst David Willis spoke with Eric Schmidt and said that Android is not a secure operating system.

If you ask a lot of people in this audience, they will say that Google Android is not their main platform... When you say "Android", people say "wait a minute, Android is not secure."

Google's top manager did not tolerate such statements and responded categorically.

Not safe? It's more secure than the iPhone.

Those present report that this statement caused laughter in the audience. During his further speech, Schmidt did not provide any arguments in defense, but once again mentioned that Android has more than a billion activations and an extremely strict attitude towards security.

The US government has previously filed security claims against Google: Because most Android devices run a modified version of the operating system, these smartphones and tablets cannot receive critical updates quickly enough. Then Schmidt said that the company managed to agree with most of the major vendors on the use of Google Play. In his opinion, centralized control over the app store plays a key role when it comes to security.