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Re:Android libstagefright still exploitable by ocdtrekkie on Thursday August 13, 2015 @03:48PM (#10056740)
Google :does: control those devices. They're MADA agreement devices, which means Google approves every device that goes to sale, and Google approves every software update they release.

Unfortunately, as a Verizon customer, I don't have a wide variety of options with unlockable bootloaders. And the battery life on the Turbo was simply, the only feature that mattered. Usually there's an unlock within a few months, but there still isn't one at this point for the Turbo, I guess.

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Re:Android libstagefright still exploitable by eropple on Thursday August 13, 2015 @04:00PM (#10056830)
Obviously it wasn't the only feature that mattered, though? I mean, you're complaining about another feature right now. =) Like, I'm sympathetic, but this is a solvable problem with the information at hand. Buy phones with unlocked bootloaders. (As it happens, this is why I steer clear of Verizon...)
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Re:Android libstagefright still exploitable by ocdtrekkie on Thursday August 13, 2015 @04:27PM (#10056997)
Heh, well, half a year later. I placed more faith in Android security than was warranted. Verizon is non-optional for me.
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