Major Android Bug Is a Privacy Disaster (CVE-2014-6041)

Re:Major Android Bug Is a Privacy Disaster (CVE-2014-6041) by allegory on Monday September 15, 2014 @06:10PM (#8321836)

I doubt that will happen. At $100 a handset where is the return and motivation for an OEM to bother pushing updates out for firmware/integration testing etc (that the telcos require)? Look at the aforementioned Galaxy Ace in my last comment which is exactly where this will end up, yet again.

Also, they say 2 years' support. If you look at the phone recycling business, there is 4-5 years life in a franken-handset shipped abroad.

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Re:Major Android Bug Is a Privacy Disaster (CVE-2014-6041) by aroch on Monday September 15, 2014 @06:41PM (#8321991)

Google's providing the OS support -- they make money on you using their services. Even if the revenue per user is only ¢10/year, when you get 100's of millions to billions of users that adds up.

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