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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by paganel on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @03:41AM (#15693607)
> This is obviously bad because if someone is using an e-mail account on their phone for banking, an attacker could gain access to account recovery.

I'm still using a iPhone4 with iOS 5.something on it, it's obviously un-patched or anything like that, the secret is that I don't have any baking applications installed on it nor is my email attached to any recurring payments scheme. The even deeper secret is that I don't have an online baking account set-up with my bank at all, as I don't trust any of the banks with their online security. I chose to eat up the opportunity costs of actually physically going to the the bank over the sometimes illusory security and ease-of-use offered by online banking.

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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by glenneroo on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @06:09AM (#15694104)
The difference is that you are a well-read HackerNews enthusiast who comments on threads relating to OS security i.e. one of the 0.001%, whereas > 99% of the people affected have no idea what dangers await an out-of-date device.
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