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No security updates means potential for exploits, not definitely exploited. If you don't open yourself up to exploits by using the browser or untrusted apps, yo

No security updates means potential for exploits, not definitely exploited. If you don't open yourself up to exploits by using the browser or untrusted apps, you're pretty unlikely to be compromised even with an older phone.

beenBoutIT 7y ago
If this concept gets popular enough eventually the majority of users will start using the same old model Android phone(Nexus 5, etc.). That's when all of the unpatched vulnerabilities will become a serious problem that's difficult to fix.
- jdnenej 7y ago
  It's not difficult to fix. It's just that corporations want you to throw out and buy a new phone every year. This is what happens when you let the same company make the software and the hardware.
  - bigiain 7y ago
    > This is what happens when you let the same company make the software and the hardware. Not sure that follows, it seems a quite Android-centric view? (Which I guess is valid in the context of this discussion...) Apple do a remarkably good job (in my opinion) of providing software/security updates to older iOS devices. iPhones as old as an SE or 6S are still getting current versions of iOS. I have a _much_ harder time keeping similar aged Android devices up to date (My Galaxy S6Edge has been stuck on Android 7 forever. I'd need to root it and install a 3rd party ROM to upgrade it. I haven't done that because I use it still as a mobile app test device, and I don't personally "trust" not stock OS installations to be particularly valid test devices for work apps...)
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craftyguy 7y ago
That's absolutely not true, e.g.: https://insinuator.net/2020/02/critical-bluetooth-vulnerability-in-android-cve-2020-0022/ https://insinuator.net/2020/02/critical-bluetooth-vulnerabil... There was another one regarding the wifi chip used in many popular phones a few months ago.

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No security updates means potential for exploits, not definitely exploited. If you don't open yourself up to exploits by using the browser or untrusted apps, yo

by leoedin 7y ago

beenBoutIT 7y ago
If this concept gets popular enough eventually the majority of users will start using the same old model Android phone(Nexus 5, etc.). That's when all of the unpatched vulnerabilities will become a serious problem that's difficult to fix.
- jdnenej 7y ago
  It's not difficult to fix. It's just that corporations want you to throw out and buy a new phone every year. This is what happens when you let the same company make the software and the hardware.
  - bigiain 7y ago
    > This is what happens when you let the same company make the software and the hardware. Not sure that follows, it seems a quite Android-centric view? (Which I guess is valid in the context of this discussion...) Apple do a remarkably good job (in my opinion) of providing software/security updates to older iOS devices. iPhones as old as an SE or 6S are still getting current versions of iOS. I have a _much_ harder time keeping similar aged Android devices up to date (My Galaxy S6Edge has been stuck on Android 7 forever. I'd need to root it and install a 3rd party ROM to upgrade it. I haven't done that because I use it still as a mobile app test device, and I don't personally "trust" not stock OS installations to be particularly valid test devices for work apps...)
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craftyguy 7y ago
That's absolutely not true, e.g.: https://insinuator.net/2020/02/critical-bluetooth-vulnerability-in-android-cve-2020-0022/ https://insinuator.net/2020/02/critical-bluetooth-vulnerabil... There was another one regarding the wifi chip used in many popular phones a few months ago.