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LineageOS beats Google to the punch, fixes 'KRACK' WPA2 vulnerability in Android
- Yuioup 9y agoNow that's hardly a fair comparison. Huge difference between a fledgeling project and a massive ecosystem that is Android.
- blablablaat 9y agoThe only difference I see, is that LineageOS users are safe now (or when next built is compiled). Android users will have to wait for months, if they'll get an update at all.
- sli 9y ago"AOSP" is probably a more accurate term than "Android" in this case, since LOS is also Android.
- bobcallme 9y agoHow is Lineage OS a "fledgeling" project since it has original roots going back more than 8 years? While Lineage OS does not work on all "Android" devices, it does still support a wide range of them.
- Yuioup 9y agoCrap. I got LineageOS confused with PostmarketOS. I stand corrected.
- sigmar 9y agoHuge fan of LineageOS, but this isn't a great comparison. While Google probably found out about Krack earlier than the Lineage team. They aren't going to break their normal monthly security release schedule for it.
- edwintorok 9y agoThe vulnerability wasn't released as soon as it was found, it was released upon a certain date, and looks like Google is releasing multiple patches a month anyway: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/ https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/
- therealmarv 9y agoso, who will be hurt if Google releases this time a non monthly security update? E.g. I don't see any sysadmin related tasks to this. Look e.g. on a big competitor: Apple is releasing whenever there is something new/important. Why cannot Google go the same way. What's so wrong when there is a October 17th security update? I mean... it takes anyway a couple of months until many vendors will implement the upcoming November patch.