Re:The New Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) Review
by drzaiusapelord on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @02:25PM
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If it helps I installed CM on my old Galaxy Nexus and it has 4.4.4 now.
>Vulnerabilities like that have to be addressed somehow.
I think these two issues go hand-in-hand. How can we send security updates out when the OEM and carriers have told us to get lost? It hurts google, its hurts android's reputation, etc. Passing off updates, especially critical ones, to the OEM/Carrier infrastructure is just irresponsible in this day and age of endless security threats.
Imagine if my Lenovo PC had to get Windows updates not directly from MS but from Lenovo and Comcast and only after they've agreed to give them to me? That's the situation on Android right now and things like the AOSP browser bug prove its a broken model.
>Vulnerabilities like that have to be addressed somehow.
I think these two issues go hand-in-hand. How can we send security updates out when the OEM and carriers have told us to get lost? It hurts google, its hurts android's reputation, etc. Passing off updates, especially critical ones, to the OEM/Carrier infrastructure is just irresponsible in this day and age of endless security threats.
Imagine if my Lenovo PC had to get Windows updates not directly from MS but from Lenovo and Comcast and only after they've agreed to give them to me? That's the situation on Android right now and things like the AOSP browser bug prove its a broken model.