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Hmm. My $170 phone from the middle of 2014 is still working perfectly and shows no signs of being "deprecated". Every application I use gets frequent updates, i

Hmm. My $170 phone from the middle of 2014 is still working perfectly and shows no signs of being "deprecated". Every application I use gets frequent updates, including the browser. I don't have to worry about targeted attacks (as I am not a billionaire/movie star/CEO of a large company/whatever), and a new shiny iPhone won't help with those anyway. µBlock Origin (with JS disabled on most sites) protects me from everything else.

jamesgeck0 6y ago
Apps may be getting security updates, but when was the last time that the version of Android it's running was patched?
p410n3 6y ago
Yeah the security patches are still worth thinking about. There was a Media Framework bug that needed nothing but a PNG on your phone to get RCE and there was a bug with the bluetooth stack this year which also could achieve RCE when your bluetooth was turned on and an attacker knew the BSSID PNGs are easy to send and in times of Contact Tracing via Bluetooth... well there are certain risks to running unpatched
GeekyBear 6y ago
Didn't we recently learn that only Android 10 prevents background apps from constantly watching the contents of the clipboard?
simonklitj 6y ago
Isn’t that the point though? Your phone works perfectly, shouldn’t it still receive OS updates?