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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by Borealid on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:11AM (#50392487)
If the device is "insecure", doesn't that mean you - as a user - can exploit one of those insecurities to "mess with" the device without system integrity being aware?

Or are you saying the device is insecure BUT has no local privilege escalations you can take advantage of as a user?

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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by Muromec on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:39AM (#50392853)
It could have RCE but not privilige escalation. But I don't buy it, because 5 years without kernel patches is at least 5 escalation exploits being written by the an llm in 5 minutes
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Re:Dutch 'idealist' bank ASN blocks non-Google Android, incl... by hedora on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:11AM (#50393289)
It means the spyware information flow and Google's ability to remotely modify the device have not been disabled.
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