Supported Android 5.1 Devices that might be updated to patch security issues and All Others that will not be updated.
Posted on 08/11/2015 9:33:12 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Read the article at the link above. . . cannot be posted on FreeRepublic due to copyright issues.
LOL, no problem. :-)
Maybe I should REALLY confuse everybody and start an Android ping list. We do need one, after all....
Not tonight, I’m going to sleep...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3323653/posts
I think I’m going back to BlackBerry, even though my Windows phone seems okay.
Fragmentation. It’s always been known to be the issue for Android. I think the plan is to worry about it later while it takes over the market with”free”.
The plan is probably two users to throw away the old phones and tablets.
They learned how to dominate a market.
The article is wrong, their percentages are way off.
They admit it later on in the article then start throwing around random estimates.
Still, the security issue is embarrassing for the Android, the nice thing is you can change your operating system entirely on an Android phone.
With an Android phone, you have control ultimately and have the power to make your phone as secure as you want. Of course, you have to have the skills and the patience to do it.
... giving new meaning to 'buyers remorse'.
It sounds like you just don't like Open Source or Se the value in it? Because that seems to be the cause of what you don't like in Android.
“Here you go, moron.”
So what, i don’t have either of those phones with the biometric sensor.
Now go crawl back in your litter box.
So you don't have either of those Android phones. . . but I bet you have one of these 630,000 Android phones:
Personal details of 500 million Android users at risk: Researchers find it is impossible to completely clear data from handset when changing phone
By JAMES DUNN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 07:07 EST, 23 May 2015 | UPDATED: 11:19 EST, 23 May 2015 — DailyMail UK
- Emails, texts, pictures, videos and apps can all be accessed after full wipe
- Up to 630million phones don't wipe internal SD cards when phone is reset
- Researchers say the issue may limit growth in the phone and app market
This problem will not be solved for all older Android devices either because the manufacturers and carriers have no particular interest or benefit to push out an update to fix it.
Make that “ you have one of these 630,000,000 phones”. . .
They are? Not according to the statistics just from OpenSignal this month. Here is the latest report on Android distribution in the wild:
And here is what Google/Android project says they will be doing to "correct" this problem:
- Currently 90% of Android devices have a technology called ASLR enabled, which helps protect users from this issue.
- We have pushed the fix and further safeguards to Nexus devices starting yesterday. We’ve already sent the fix to our partners to protect users. And, we'll be releasing it in open source.
- The next release of Messenger also contains a fix that helps mitigate the issue at the application level by requiring the user to click on videos before playing them, and will be rolling out this week. We recommend that Jellybean and above users switch their default SMS app for additional protection.
- Also, the most popular Android devices are getting the fix in August including
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S5, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3,
Note 4, Note 4 Edge- HTC One M7, One M8, One M9
- LG Electronics G2, G3, G4
- Sony Xperia Z2, Xperia Z3, Xperia Z4, Xperia Z3 Compact
- Android One
That's just 19 devices including the Google Nexus models, but it leaves only about 24,000 other Android devices that Google is going to depend on the USERS to find and download a patch on the Google Play Store to install. . . not to mention all the Android derivative OSes that don't use the Google Play Store such as LiMo, Maemo, Moblin, Gecko, MeeGo, and Tizen, all of which also have this vulnerability and the same models of updating. Not all makers of the Android device are Google partners by a long shot. Some are fly-by-night white box makers who come and go before you even notice they were there, except their devices are still in the wild.
Well, right, actually I said: "...most Android users (like most users everywhere in the consumer marketplace)...".
> It sounds like you just don't like Open Source or See the value in it?
That's pretty funny, since I've been using and contributing to open source since before it was called "open source" -- the late 1970's to be specific. I was one of the "hobbyists" that little Billy Gates whined about in his famous open letter to the HomeBrew Computer Club in 1976. I've used both open source and FOSS (GNU) system and application software since it became available, and Linux and the various Unixes (NetBSD in particular) are my favorite OSes. So no, I wouldn't say I don't like it or don't see the value in it... :-)
But I also see the value in controlled environments like Apple's walled garden, where things like security updates and bug fixes can be distributed rapidly and thoroughly. The Android environment is much less controlled, and as a result it's less safe -- it's the nature of the business, that's all. Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer choice.
I've made most of my living the past 40+ years with the use of non-open source software, and recognize that making a profit on software is entirely legitimate business. But that doesn't mean I prefer it philosophically over open source. If anything, I tend to believe that software as a product in and of itself is over-valued a lot of the time.
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