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It may not be for Google phones but I fully believe the researcher is correct with the basis of the article. I have the Galaxy S8 (locked to a US Carrier) and u
by maxyme 8y ago
It may not be for Google phones but I fully believe the researcher is correct with the basis of the article. I have the Galaxy S8 (locked to a US Carrier) and updates are a shitshow. Extremely high impact vulnerabilities (such as BlueBorne) were patched over a 3 month period to the world. Interestingly enough you can't even fully blame the carriers because a lot of the time Samsung's own unlocked version gets updates last...
- dogma1138 8y agoSecurity is the reason why I switched to an iPhone. Updates are guaranteed and encryption is second to none. I had tons of fun “encrypting” android on my milestone and Samsung galaxy S2 but it was just a show, and things really haven’t improved since then even on google devices. Heck after doing proper analysis of ARM trust zone and getting first hand access to some of the trustlets the industry uses to facilitate HVB, encryption and other security features on ARM devices there is no way I’m touching them again if I can avoid it. As for security patches even a Google device isn’t guarantee of updates as if you buy one through a carrier they are responsible for the updates which is something I found out with the original LG Nexus (5?). Even flashing a Google clean ROM didn’t help getting OTA updates since it seemed they were checking the IMEI. After the let down which was the One Plus One it was iPhone all the way.