> 6. iCloud is the most popular target because Picture Roll backups are enabled
> by default and iPhone is a popular platform. Windows Phone backups are
> available on all devices but are disabled by default (it is frequently enabled,
> although I couldn’t find a statistic) while Android backup is provided by
> third party applications (some of which are targets).
Fragmentation, for the (security) win!
</sarcasm>
Not really, of course. The big win (shared by Windows Phone) is simply not turning on the security-sensitive cloud service by default. That being said, it is worth noting that enabling/encouraging third-party service competition can create an extra hurdle by discouraging cloud-service monocultures.
Does Android really not provide an auto upload of snapped pictures to the cloud? I was under the impression that they did this way before iCloud even came up. First it was to Picasa or some place, then to the google+ place somewhere.
Either way, I don't even remember if the iCloud upload was default or not. When it was introduced I took an interest to find out how to deactivate that in case it was enabled by default. Don't remember if it was. All I know is, it is disabled on my device and it'll stay that way because I really didn't want to use this.
> Does Android really not provide an auto upload of snapped pictures to the cloud? I was under the impression that they did this way before iCloud even came up. First it was to Picasa or some place, then to the google+ place somewhere.
When you sign into Google+ or Dropbox (among others), you are presented with a screen where you can enable photo uploads to those cloud accounts.
Not really, of course. The big win (shared by Windows Phone) is simply not turning on the security-sensitive cloud service by default. That being said, it is worth noting that enabling/encouraging third-party service competition can create an extra hurdle by discouraging cloud-service monocultures.