It is your assumption that the perceived threat is a &#x27;nation-state&#x27;, not mine. Personally I&#x27;m not to worried about them and I&#x27;m more concerned with advertisers and data brokers.<p>Let&#x27;s take that brief dig into those &#x27;malware&#x27; reports, shall we? Here&#x27;s one from the Wall Street Journal[0] from last year. Some choice quotes:<p><i>&quot;Security-software maker Avast called out a trio of malicious Android apps that were, until recently, available in the Google Play app store. The apps would go into sinister mode after 30 days on a device, and begin spamming users with advertisements, Avast said in a company blog post. Google told the Journal that, as of now, the infected apps have been pulled from Google Play.&quot;</i><p><i>&quot;For those who had the apps installed on their phones for more than 30 days, a threatening ad would pop up each time they unlocked their phone, saying the device was out of memory, experiencing a security hole or some other false claim, Avast said. The pop-ups would then route people to websites where more malware could be installed on devices, said the security company. Anyone with either of the known apps installed should delete them immediately.&quot;</i><p>Do we blame the users since the apps informed them about permissions?<p>I&#x27;ve read and understood the same things you have, and reached a diametrically opposite conclusion. Maybe this is because I am also taking into account Android&#x27;s severe updates problem, which is typically left to the carriers and handset makers to implement. Carriers and handset makers want to sell new phones, not patch old ones, who didn&#x27;t see that one coming? Good on Google for patching Android security holes, too bad they don&#x27;t reach the majority of users. I&#x27;m sticking to my original view and I guess we&#x27;ll have to agree to disagree.<p>[0]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.wsj.com&#x2F;personal-technology&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;04&#x2F;android-malware-removed-from-google-play-store-after-millions-of-downloads&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.wsj.com&#x2F;personal-technology&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;04&#x2F;android-...</a>