Google can't update Android devices that they do not manufacture. they are not even the ones who releases an OS for them. All Google messaging apps are just fine. Perhaps you are confused about those apps not working with Windows and MacOS computers but then, again, your finger pointing is misdirected. Apple does not have a good messaging app (working with Android and Windows devices) either. Suckers.
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Google Outlines iPhone Vulnerabilities That Let Malicious Websites Steal User Data for Years, Now Fixed
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Meanwhile in Android related news, this week alone:
https://arstechnica.com/information...0-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/
https://arstechnica.com/information...wnloads-drained-batteries-and-slowed-devices/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...keptical-of-googles-new-web-privacy-strategy/
https://arstechnica.com/information...0-million-downloads-executed-secret-payloads/
https://arstechnica.com/information...wnloads-drained-batteries-and-slowed-devices/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...keptical-of-googles-new-web-privacy-strategy/
It's also always easy in hindsight to see code and think "that's an obvious flaw if it was reviewed." If it was so obvious why was it written to begin with? Every time I git blame a piece of idiotic code and see *my* name I wonder WTF was I thinking. It happens because at those times I didn't know then what I know now.
Of course in a perfect world every line of code would be independently audited before shipped. Every piece of software would be developed to the same standards that NASA wrote the code that powered the space shuttle. Unfortunately, that world is one in which none of us would ever be able to afford the software.
Every time I talk about security, I never talk about if but when. That's why all PII data should be encrypted at rest, passwords hashed and salted. So when a security lapse occurs it's possible to minimize the fallout. Clearly Apple has learned from this situation. The announcement that verified security researchers will get rooted developer iOS devices shows that Apple is serious about improving this process.
Still waiting for your proof Google has “higher caliber software developers and security experts than Apple”.
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And this proves what exactly?
I can. But this isn’t one of those times is it?
It’s such as obscure exploit the jailbreaking community couldn’t even take advantage.
Great point mate.
The blog post mentions Apple and IPhone dozens of times but does not list one of the websites that got hacked so users can know if they have been compromised. I am betting some of the sites may have been Google properties or else they would have been mentioned.
This.
You can always tell who’s written code from those who haven’t (especially those who claim it “should have been caught”).
I mean, Apple is pretty much selling users data indirectly. They accept the money from Google to make them their default search engine in safari then when apple users uses safari and google gets the data they sell it.
I mean what's the difference?
Apple is selling google their customers data, are they not?
This is why regular updates matter on [insert OS, application, etc...]. They need them.
I fixed that for you.
All this Android vs iOS BS... I use an iPhone for personal use but my work phone is an Android Galaxy S8. My work phone I’ve had for almost 2 full years now and it has never once shown that there are updates available. Every time I check it says I am up to date which is not true. When I looked into it, I’d have to go to an AT&T store to have to “push” the update out again. Wtf?? That is not practical at all. If I buy a dell computer running Windows, I don’t go to Dell for OS updates. How stupid is that??
That is to say that regular updates matter to any OS. Fairly basic reality that has been known for a long long time.
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They are still updates that are needed.
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Nonsense. If Apple didn’t accept payment the outcome would be the same. That’s the internet. You want Apple to maybe block google?
UX and OS coding are fairly different things. Seems like an unrelated apples vs. oranges type of comparison at best.
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iPhone 6 can run iOS 12. Even iPhone 5s can run it.
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A security breach may compromise privacy by accident, but contrast that with business practices that compomise privacy by design and for profit.
Well if updates didn’t matter on android, google wouldn’t be holding their iO developers conference every year, now would they?
Oh and regarding the security updates myth.
Security updates are determined by the oem and are not universally applied.
Ie: the September security update for the pixel 3 isn’t the same September security update released for the s10.
https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/04/12/android-manufacturers-lie-security-updates/
“We find that there’s a gap between patching claims and the actual patches installed on a device. It’s small for some devices and pretty significant for others,” said Nohl. “Sometimes these guys just change the date without installing any patches. Probably for marketing reasons, they just set the patch level to almost an arbitrary date, whatever looks best.”
And
How Android Phones Hide Missed Security Updates From You
https://www.wired.com/story/android-phones-hide-missed-security-updates-from-you/
Anyone else wants to falsely claim android doesn’t need OS updates because security updates are enough?
Companies have their own people looking for issues and working to resolve them, but ultimately the more complex something is the more likely that all the issues won't get surfaced initially or even after some time. There are companies that have people that look for issues not only in their own software but in that of others as well.
As an apple employee, I can assure many Apple Customers use porn sites. They come in to the Apple store asking how to remove the pop ups caused by JavaScript
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Samsung sells more than Apple, do they value privacy?