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In any case, a huge amount of Android devices out there run outdated versions of the kernel, drivers or Android itself with privilege escalation vulnerabilities

In any case, a huge amount of Android devices out there run outdated versions of the kernel, drivers or Android itself with privilege escalation vulnerabilities. The only thing that is insane here is that we all deem this as "normal".

ArkyBeagle 10y ago
So the update treadmill is normal? That's a very weird thing to assume is normal. "Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing." "A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" [1]
- __jal 10y ago
  Are you confusing "normal" with "desirable"? The update treadmill is normal, in the classic sense of the word.
  - ArkyBeagle 10y ago
    I don't consider it normal behavior. It's obsessive in its very nature. But I understand that systems cracking and malware writing are pernicious, antisocial behavior, and should be addressed with heads on pikes outside the city wall.
    - unlinker 10y ago
      You say it's antisocial behaviour like they do that just for the sake of it, when there is money to be made. Like sending spam, etc. You want a botnet? Then compromise stuff, and then use the botnet for your benefit. It's not antisocial in any way.
      - ArkyBeagle 10y ago
        Like making money is a justification. So now we're up to their head and their entire family's head on a pike. Taking over something and operating it without permission is highly congruent with naval piracy. So perhaps hung from the yardarm is better. At any rate, something gruesome, public and nasty needs to happen to them. Yes, I think the basic ... drive to do this is just latent in people, and they initially did it just for the heck of it. There was no money in it to start with. How this could be considered anything other than deeply antisocial is beyond me.

ArkyBeagle 10y ago

So the update treadmill is normal? That's a very weird thing to assume is normal. "Well, in our country," said Alice, still panting a little, "you'd generally get to somewhere else—if you run very fast for a long time, as we've been doing." "A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" [1]

__jal 10y ago
Are you confusing "normal" with "desirable"? The update treadmill is normal, in the classic sense of the word.
- ArkyBeagle 10y ago
  I don't consider it normal behavior. It's obsessive in its very nature. But I understand that systems cracking and malware writing are pernicious, antisocial behavior, and should be addressed with heads on pikes outside the city wall.
  - unlinker 10y ago
    You say it's antisocial behaviour like they do that just for the sake of it, when there is money to be made. Like sending spam, etc. You want a botnet? Then compromise stuff, and then use the botnet for your benefit. It's not antisocial in any way.
    - ArkyBeagle 10y ago
      Like making money is a justification. So now we're up to their head and their entire family's head on a pike. Taking over something and operating it without permission is highly congruent with naval piracy. So perhaps hung from the yardarm is better. At any rate, something gruesome, public and nasty needs to happen to them. Yes, I think the basic ... drive to do this is just latent in people, and they initially did it just for the heck of it. There was no money in it to start with. How this could be considered anything other than deeply antisocial is beyond me.