&gt; That&#x27;s quite an odd thing to say, isn&#x27;t it?<p>It&#x27;s that how many viruses and pieces of malware get around? The user is tricked into installing something and then it goes bad?<p>Isn&#x27;t that how most every exploit and virus seen on Android work?<p>Is that how the problem apps found in the jailbreak app stores for the iPhone work?<p>Isn&#x27;t this exact restriction why the worst we&#x27;ve seen on iOS (despite MASSIVE deployment numbers) is social engineering attacks?<p>I know many people hate the restrictions, but the App Store on iOS has a pretty amazing track record for security (in regard to problem code). Basically the worst we&#x27;ve seen is apps abusing system APIs to get more information than they should and those have been closed relatively fast. No worms, no viruses.