> Now would be a good time for Apple to spread word of this disaster far and wide and to offer a free iPhone to anyone who brings in an Android phone for recycling.

an opportunity for Microsoft too.

Clearly this plus the web-view exploit fiasco will damage the android plate-form for the long run.

Hundreds of millions of devices are affected by this exploit and most of them will never be patched. I'm sorry to say but i'll have to pressure my IT department to ban android devices, period. The problem isn't the MMS tech, the problem is android's lousy security model. And the fact that Google think it can wash its hands off all this and shift the blame on manufacturers... outrageous.

While some manufacturers actually opensource their android 'implementation' (like Alcatel, you can actually download some source code for a specific device and patch it yourself) , most don't even bother doing that.

This stuff is a disaster.

Absolutely true. It's very clear a platform that can't ensure security fixes in a timely manner doesn't belong in the hands of anyone who handles private data. "Android for Work" isn't much of an option for anyone who values security.

Microsoft should be all over it. Apple's products need less of a boost.