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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by adynatos on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @04:40PM (#9964317)
This is cool idea. One problem may be that different versions of Android have different versions of libstagefright and just hot-patching that or dropping a replacement may brick older phones.

Here's a more modest idea: Google should immediately issue update for Hangouts and Messenger app that at least disables automatic MMS retrieval. Many users have automatic updates for those apps turned on or maybe at least they'll see a notification about app needing approval to update.

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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by fluidcruft on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @09:09AM (#9968337)
The exploit author told a Forbes reporter that Fennec (Android version of Firefox) has already been patched. If that's correct, that seems to imply two things: (1) MMS is just one of many vectors and (2) apparently somehow the exploit can be mitigated at the app level.
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Re:Major Flaw in Android Phones Would Let Hackers in with Ju... by serendipitous on Thursday August 06, 2015 @12:28AM (#10014531)
Firefox packages its own copy of the libraries it uses, including the stagefright library. They patched their copy in the new release.
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