If the attack can be done in both platforms I'm not clear on your point. By your logic Gmail, HN, and essentially every other site are infested with "malware" because some people get hacked with vulnerable passwords.

Meanwhile, in Android:

http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/05/your-android-phone-v...

> The malware prevents users from accessing the home screen of their phones, making it impossible to use most other apps installed on the phone.

Do that on an unjailbroken iPhone and we'll talk.

> Personally, if remote locking is capable of a hijack, I'd call that malware, but that's just semantics.

This seems a curious view for a self-professed "tech-forward developer". Your logic can extend to a lot of things. My credit card... Is that malware in my bank if someone guesses my PIN?

criley2, your comments have started showing up as dead. I guess you can't criticize Apple so vehemently on HN.