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If your android is out of security updates, this won’t be the only thing to worry about, I would probably worry about the easier to exploit ones first.
by tamimio 3y ago
If your android is out of security updates, this won’t be the only thing to worry about, I would probably worry about the easier to exploit ones first.
- pja 3y agoYes, and Google should be supporting these old devices as far as possible. Not doing so is a disservice to their customers frankly.
- tamimio 3y agoAgreed, I found infuriating that after 2ish years your android is no longer secure and you are on your own, and you have two options here, throw it away and get a new one that will be thrown away soon, or go in the efforts to find a hacky way to install a custom ROM that hopefully the maintainers will keep it secure. It’s that reason why I switched to iOS years ago.
- pja 3y agoIt seems that GrapheneOS is making releases for Pixel phones, including the 4a which include patches for the webp exploit: https://grapheneos.org/releases#2023091800 https://grapheneos.org/releases#2023091800
- x0x0 3y agoJust buy Apple hardware. They're currently bugging me about updating a 9 year old ipad I just use as a kindle. They flatly blow Google away on device updates, and will continue to do so even if Google isn't lying about their new / supposed 5 year update plan (and NB: that's 5 years from the release date, not 5 years from the last sale date, which could be reasonable.)