Remotely Compromising Android and iOS via a bug in Broadcom's WI-FI Chipsets

Re:Remotely Compromising Android and iOS via a bug in Broadc... by sbierwagen on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @09:16PM (#14861881)

You consented to it, sure. This bug affected millions of phones. It's more like a car manufacturer decided to put a particular explode-y gas tank in a car, because it provided greater performance.

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Re:Remotely Compromising Android and iOS via a bug in Broadc... by corndoge on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @11:04PM (#14862378)

and they put a note in the manual that says "if you drive over 70mph on a hot day it will definitely explode so don't do that"

so if you buy that car and you do that, it's your fault regardless of how poor the car design is

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Re:Remotely Compromising Android and iOS via a bug in Broadc... by MaulingMonkey on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @11:52PM (#14862571)

There's likely to be a government mandated recall if your car "spontaneously" explodes - some designs are so poor they fail to meet entirely reasonably regulatory standards. Burying the lede in the fine print is not a get out of jail free card for obvious reasons.

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