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Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by acdha on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @08:58AM (#15694980)
That's a huge guessing game, though - remember StageFright? You could have a phone with an up to date Chrome, up to date Play Services, and still be trivially exploited simply by viewing a standard video file. (Not to mention wondering which of your apps uses an out of date embedded web view)

I would submit that the number of people qualified to safely make (and update) that risk assessment is extremely small, and all of them would recommend updating to a version which patches problems rather than hoping you can dance around them.

Re:There are over a billion outdated Android devices in use by jsight on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @09:27PM (#15701032)
StageFright was patched on a LOT of devices that "no longer received updates". The concern with embedded web views is overrated, as Android actually updates those via Play Services now.

For all of the talk of how awful this is, actual exploits are almost unheard of.