Re:NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in...
by threeseed on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:01PM
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> What does this topic have to do with Android
It's to do with whether Android as a platform is patching older devices.
If they aren't then it may be better for everyone that they are destroyed rather than allowing them to be compromised and exposing security risks to the user.
Re:NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in...
by zelphirkalt on Thursday September 07, 2023 @04:58PM
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That tech industry often lobbies for the wrong causes though.
Re:NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in...
by rafram on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:58PM
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> Mr. CEO, can TikTok access my WiFi?
That wasn’t a bad or mock-worthy question at all. TikTok’s app requests access to devices on the user’s local network. Why does it do that? Officially in order to connect to TVs/speakers, but what else could it decide to do with the access it’s granted?
Re:NSO Group iPhone Zero-Click, Zero-Day Exploit Captured in...
by scarface_74 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:06PM
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There is a separate permission at least on iOS where an app that is connected over wifi has access to the local network.
Of course an app that streams video over the internet can “access wifi”
2) EU politicians don't know about Android updates because they don't understand how SW works and most probably have iOS anyway. The only time they hear about tech is when some Joe Schmoe insults them on Facebook so they send the courts after Facebook to doxx that person and get Facebook to moderate and ban "hate speech" on their platform. All in a day's work.
Granted, US politicians don't understand how tech works either, judging by the senate hearing of TikTok CEO ("Mr. CEO, can TikTok access my WiFi?"), but they have a powerful local tech industry to tell politicians what they should lobby for, while the EU doesn't.