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My biggest question would be how many security vulnerabilities Google uncovered and disclosed on their own platform. If they are being good and helping other co
by ctrl-j 7y ago
My biggest question would be how many security vulnerabilities Google uncovered and disclosed on their own platform. If they are being good and helping other companies - great! But if they're also profiting by FUD'ing them - then we should call them something other than white hats.. grey hats maybe?
- FireBeyond 7y agohttps://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/ https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/ Plenty of uncovered and disclosed vulnerabilities for Android and Chrome there.
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- kps 7y ago> My biggest question would be how many security vulnerabilities Google uncovered and disclosed on their own platform. 130.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoGoogle fixes its shit before the 90 day deadline. Apple could hire the talent it needs to do the same.
- slavak 7y agoIt also absolutely discloses its shit after they patch it.
- scarface74 7y agoWell, Apple released a patch for all phones back to the 4s released in 2011. What are the chances that security patches for Android phones make it to phones released even two years ago? Even Microsoft released a patch recently to a security vulnerability found in Windows XP.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoBut iMessage is too low of a priority for them?
- scarface74 7y agoIs there any indication that the flaw affects iOS versions less than 12?
- lern_too_spel 7y agoAndroid doesn't need a system update to update the messaging app.
- scarface74 7y agoBut it does need system updates to update parts of the system....
- lern_too_spel 7y agoThe point is that this is a pretty small portion of all security updates. Compare to iOS, where updating the browser or iMessage (both with very large vulnerability surfaces) requires a system update.
- scarface74 7y agoYou act as if there is a difference. It’s not like Apple pushes the entire OS down for a minor update. Either way it’s a delta. But that “pretty small portion” doesn’t matter if you can’t patch it.
- lern_too_spel 7y ago> You act as if there is a difference. There is a large difference. One is an automatic app update while the user continues working. The other requires the user to stop everything they're doing and reboot their device.