It's been a while since Eric Schmidt made any bizarre public statements, but he's back at it again with recent claims about Android security.According to ZDNet, Google's executive chairman was taking questions from Gartner analyst David Willis during the Gartner Symposium/ITExpo. Willis raised the point that most people in the room don't use Android as their primary platform, and that Android isn't secure."Not secure? It's more secure than the iPhone," Schmidt said. The response reportedly drew laughter from the audience.iPhone users take security as a given because of how the App Store works. Apple maintains tight control on the app approval process, making it difficult for malicious apps to get through. Unless users jailbreak their phones, the App Store is the only way to install software on the iPhone, so the likelihood of installing something nasty is practically nil.Android works
