Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Just a Text

Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by tcfunk on Monday July 27, 2015 @03:51PM (#9957585)

I am with you on this. Though I wish running into the arms of Apple wasn't the answer (was really hoping Ubuntu phone would be an option but that is seeming more and more unrealistic).

The fact that the only way to get reasonably-paced system updates is to install 3rd party operating systems (e.g. Cyanogenmod) is extremely frustrating.

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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by wstrange on Monday July 27, 2015 @06:59PM (#9958548)

You don't need to run into the arms of Apple.

Buy a Nexus phone. It's that simple

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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by hraedon on Monday July 27, 2015 @08:59PM (#9958952)

If you frequently replace devices, maybe. If you're one of those poor suckers that bought Verizon's version of the Galaxy Nexus, you know that the promise of consistent updates for eighteen months is inadequate.

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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by schwarze_pest on Monday July 27, 2015 @10:29PM (#9959206)

How is this an option? My Nexus is stuck with 4.3.

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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by pd1 on Monday July 27, 2015 @11:10PM (#9959310)

Which one? 4?

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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by bitmapbrother on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @02:03AM (#9959767)

No, the Nexus 4 got 5.1. He likely has a Galaxy Nexus - a 4 year old phone.

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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by schwarze_pest on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @04:10AM (#9960157)

Not quite 4 years, but well... it still works fine. I wouldn't even expect a current android version, just patches for nasty security bugs like this one. What's so hard about that?

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