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Re:Google urges Android phone users to switch off Wi-Fi calling by pjmlp on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @03:10AM (#35243301)
I still remember when phones did not receive any updates, and the few lucky models required developer tools to manually upload the firmware updates, which most of those few selected models only got one in their lifetime.
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Re:Google urges Android phone users to switch off Wi-Fi calling by mikepurvis on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @08:02AM (#35245049)
Not sure if you’re referring here to the BlackBerry era or right back to side-sliders and razr flips, but either way, both the stakes and the attack surface were way lower back when there were no apps and phones really were just for calling and texting.
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Re:Google urges Android phone users to switch off Wi-Fi calling by pjmlp on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @10:02AM (#35246231)
Brew, Symbian, Java ME and Windows CE/ Pocket PC, Palm era.

Plenty of apps and networking in Europe and Asia.

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Re:Google urges Android phone users to switch off Wi-Fi calling by mikepurvis on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @11:43AM (#35247818)
Fair, okay— as soon as email, payments, or banking is involved then you have a juicy target and you need a device that's secure end-to-end.
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