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There are millions of android devices out there that have been abandoned by their manufacturers, so they might be omitting those details because the flaw hasn't
by nfriedly 3y ago
There are millions of android devices out there that have been abandoned by their manufacturers, so they might be omitting those details because the flaw hasn't yet been patched (and likely never will be.)
- Macha 3y agoEven with Google's own flagship device, the latest security patches date from August while this announcement is much newer, so it seems unlikely _any_ Android devices have been patched.
- flangola7 3y agoUpdates occur all the time, what do mean there's none since August?
- Macha 3y agoApps get updated but what I'm worried about is that the android image view uses libwebp which means all the apps that just ask the OS to display untrusted images are vulnerable to an update. I'm not sure the image view has been seperated out into any of the play store updated components. None of the ones name and description suggest they'll have OS UI widgets like that.
- bobviolier 3y agoI got a September security update for my Pixel 5, I think 2 days ago.
- Macha 3y agoHuh, Pixel 7 Pro here and the last update, even after a manual check, is 5 August
- kramerger 3y agoI belive you are mistaken. Firat of all, some part of Android is updated via the store. So the Chrome vulnerability and system libraries were probably updated without you noticing. Also, this started in May. Before it went public both Apple and Google had already patched some vulnerabilities. Latest round was in August/September.
- Semaphor 3y agoLineageOS on OnePlus Nord, last security update: September 5
- 0x38B 3y agoRide public transport in Eastern Europe and you'll see Androids running versions as old as 4; such devices are cheap, and ubiquitous phone repair shops will fix or replace components, such as batteries, speakers, and more. If the situation in Egypt is similar among less-affluent users, then there are many Android phones just waiting to be exploited.