Aclu

ACLU and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

ACLU Asks FTC To Force Carriers To 'Patch Or Replace' Android Devices

"The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday calling on the federal government to take action to stem an epidemic of unpatched and insecure Android mobile devices – declaring the sea of unpatched and vulnerable phones and tablets 'defective and unreasonably dangerous.'

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/04/17/185217/aclu-asks-ftc-to-force-carriers-to-patch-or-replace-android-devices

Interesting, to me, that the ACLU would have such a hissy fit about Android. Why no concern about MS-Windows? Windows have suffered far more attacks than Android. This does not smell right

I have discoverd that Melissa Chabrán is on the board of the Washing State ACLU. She is also the Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.