[citation][nom]otacon72[/nom]Every iOS app I install asks me the first time I run it if it can use location data...not so when I had an Android device. If this was said about Apple's app store people would be slamming Apple left and right but because it's about Google they are defending it...typical on here. And yes I think so about NFC hacking. It was proved at the Blackhat convention last year with a demonstration.[/citation]
Every android app lists its permissions needed on installation as well, and if the permissions ever change the app will not update until you manually accept the changes. If you weren't wearing apple shaped blinders you might have known this, but instead you covertly (and inaccurately) slam Google for their "bad" business practices.
Also, a quote from Charlie Miller from said blackhat NFC hacking demonstration
"the range was limited to contact in which the attacking device was 1-2 inches away or touching the targeted device."
I'm not sure about your practices, but if someone other than me has their hand or any body part with direct contact to my phone, then it was just stolen. At which point why would you even bother with NFC when you can just ssh/adb the phone instead?
While NFC has its vulnerabilities, the attack type quoted "bump and infect" would be so completely restricted in scope that no one would bother making one. If you write malware, you always aim for the biggest target, not the smallest that also actually requires you to physically be at the scene of the crime....
I understand how this logic doesn't make sense to you though, being a continual Apple user your logic stopped working when the iPhone 4 came out.