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This isn't a good metric unfortunately. A much more realistic metric is % of devices with unpatched CVEs. With iOS updates and Windows updates, most devices g
by dsp1234 11y ago
This isn't a good metric unfortunately. A much more realistic metric is % of devices with unpatched CVEs. With iOS updates and Windows updates, most devices get their vulnerabilities patched (assuming the vendor addresses it at all), unless specific action is taken not to update them. However, most android devices are not updated past a few minor Android versions, and once the carrier no longer provides patches, there is often no way for a normal user to patch the OS at all.
So Windows could theoretically have 100x the number of vulnerabilities over time, but if they are fixed and autopatched, then those systems can still be more secure than a system that doesn't get patches past the first year.
- magicalist 11y agoThis seems irrelevant because if ChromeOS machines became Android ones, Google would still control the updates and so they be like Nexus devices and would always get updates.
- tauntz 11y agoNexus devices are getting updates for just around 2 years. All the older devices (including my dear Galaxy Nexus) are left behind. Imagine if your newly bought windows 10 PC would get security updates for only 2 years