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Update your Android phones soon. New vulnerability named "Janus" allows attackers to modify apps without changing signatures

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Google Pixel just had a beta patch like few hours ago, maybe that should fix? 

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At least my Moto Z is on Nougat, so at least it's somewhat protected. That's good because that phone will NEVER see another update in its life as they will just brick the thing.

 

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1 hour ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I have no updates whatsoever at the moment, and didn't install any updates either. Unless it's a silent update.

By the way, the cutoff period for when you specifically are no longer entitled to security updates is March 2018 so I'd recommend getting a new phone soon ish.

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38 minutes ago, vetali said:

I disagree. I like to see every notification. Otherwise I miss messages.

Do carriers still "QA" these updates, which results in delayed updates that usually end up screwing up your phone? Looking at you, Verizon.

In theory they shouldn't and it should just be Google giving the updates to OEMs and then OEMs patching their Android Builds.

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41 minutes ago, Trixanity said:

Problem is they don't. They might get occasional updates but not monthly.

 

Case in point: I'm on a Huawei P10 Lite (budget device). I get updates every 3-4 months and the patch level is 2-3 months behind. I'm on the September patch which I got in November. 

 

If you're on a flagship device you might get monthly or regular updates in some fashion. The majority of OEMs don't commit to anything.

Tell me about it...

 

I'm on the September or October patch level and it's December -_-.

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34 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

By the way, the cutoff period for when you specifically are no longer entitled to security updates is March 2018 so I'd recommend getting a new phone soon ish.

I don't want a new phone. It perfectly serves my needs.

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1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

By the way, the cutoff period for when you specifically are no longer entitled to security updates is March 2018 so I'd recommend getting a new phone soon ish.

The sad bit is I've a laptop from 2010 that is far more up to date on security than some of the newer phones.

 

To toss an otherwise perfectly capable phone due to lack of security updates is really crappy. Though Android has always been like this, so I don't imagine the status quo will change anytime soon.

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1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

"update your Android phones" 

 

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Aleast it won't remove the security patch.....assuming you're lucky enough to get an update. 

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Just now, djdwosk97 said:

assuming you're lucky enough to get an update. 

And that is the bigger qualifier. 

 

Most Android phones are walking security holes. If I'm not mistaken the US tried to take some legal action because of how bad Android updates are. 

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2 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

HTC One M8.

Well, good luck getting an update then ... unless you put LineageOS on it, then you'll have Nougat and monthly security updates. 

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So basically every phone that is not close to stock android can only dream of ever getting the fix.

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3 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

So basically every phone that is not close to stock android can only dream of ever getting the fix.

Stock Android have little to do with it. Stock Android != regular updates. It's somewhat of a misconception at this point.

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2 hours ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I don't want a new phone. It perfectly serves my needs.

And that's exactly why the industry feels the need to make your life as miserable as possible.

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I can't update because Verzion's update service doesn't support my phone SKU. I'll have to pop in an AT&T sim just to install them.

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9 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

And that's exactly why the industry feels the need to make your life as miserable as possible.

I wonder why there isn't a small company that would care about all their models and thus make more money because nobody else is doing that.

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30 minutes ago, MyName13 said:

I wonder why there isn't a small company that would care about all their models and thus make more money because nobody else is doing that.

HMD is probably the closest we get to that but it certainly isn't any where near perfect and we'll need another year or two to really judge their track record.

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9 minutes ago, DeadEyePsycho said:

I can't update because Verzion update service doesn't support my phone SKU. I'll have to pop in an AT&T just to install them.

One key reason why I still use Samsung phones. I don't have to wait a second past Samsung pushing the update to unlocked phones. I can get any update without carrier intervention.

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13 minutes ago, MyName13 said:

I wonder why there isn't a small company that would care about all their models and thus make more money because nobody else is doing that.

There could, but that's overhead for that company already, and I'm supposed that why updates become typically less likely the more you move into cheapo phones. I mean, making it depend on each device manufacturer is the problem in itself (imagine PCs only getting security updates depending on the OEMs pushing those. Microsoft segmenting who gets an update and who doesn't is already a problem, but imagine the scale if you had the additional step of HP, Dell, or whoever sold the parts for your custom build or sold you windows to provide a patch....)

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well this makes me happy i didnt buy something with Marshmellow and got the G6 instead, really sucks for most of the android users out there though :/ 

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7 hours ago, BuckGup said:

Wouldn't happen if you had an iPhone.

iPhone's have their fucked ups :D

I use Sailfish OS and i can proudly say that not only it's much more secure then iOS and android combined, also there is no single virus for it haha

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6 hours ago, Trixanity said:

Stock Android have little to do with it. Stock Android != regular updates. It's somewhat of a misconception at this point.

I know that, but stock androids get most frequent updates due to having low overhead and less changes to be applied with each update.

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9 minutes ago, Matu20 said:

I know that, but stock androids get most frequent updates due to having low overhead and less changes to be applied with each update.

Hopefully project treble changes that

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