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Then, to use your own example, why do brokers pay more for Android zero days?
by joshuamorton 7y ago
Then, to use your own example, why do brokers pay more for Android zero days?
- pjmlp 7y agoBecause it has 80% of the market share world wide, so any flaw makes it more worthwhile, specially given the lack of updates. Any zero days found in Android devices will never be fixed, other than on Pixel and a couple of selected flagship handsets, while everyone else will be naked with their devices. Thus brokers will have a gold mine on their hands, being able to target thousands of devices without their owners being able to protect themselves, just like Windows XP before SP2 was released.
- joshuamorton 7y agoSou you agree that more people are looking at Android than at clearpath, and so the number of zero days found isn't necessary representative of the implicit security, but instead is also a function of interest, which is what I said like 8 posts upthread, and which point you disagreed with it. I can't tell if you have a point you're making, or if you're just trying to disagree with me :/