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The idea of giving the average user, or even the average power-user, a device which a) doesn't automatically and aggressively update, and b) is full of every si
by annabellish 9y ago
The idea of giving the average user, or even the average power-user, a device which a) doesn't automatically and aggressively update, and b) is full of every single kind of mainstream radio is terrifying. Smartphones live in one of the most dangerous environments around for security - constantly connecting to third party networks on various protocols and technologies and intrinsically in close proximity to attackers - and not auto-updating puts the average user at risk.
- chronial 9y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding the tone here, but you do realize that you just described the standard situation of smartphones, right? It is clearly a minority of people that have smartphones that still receive security updates. All fancy force-upgrade mechanisms are useless if there are no updates to be installed.