Android bug fear in 900 million phones!

insane200 · 11 Aug 2016 at 00:10

Richy888 said:
When we've all got it you're going to feel left out

Might have to go out and buy a flagship just for it

Hxc · 11 Aug 2016 at 00:38

How can any phone not be vulnerable to this? My priv is on the latest patch and shows 1 exploit available so how is the p8lite safe?

Myshra · 11 Aug 2016 at 08:55

Hxc said:
How can any phone not be vulnerable to this? My priv is on the latest patch and shows 1 exploit available so how is the p8lite safe?

Android can be patched to block the exploit just like in Windows. Some have already been patched. Some phones don't run Qualcomm processors where the exploit can run and instead use stuff from mediatek or Samsung's own foundary etc...

For a bit of a change i tried this app on my "I'm an IT department stuck in the past" handset - an SGS4 with a battery problem and it's affected too so not too sure how many generations of snapdragon are hit by this.

Orcvader · 11 Aug 2016 at 12:17

Hxc said:
How can any phone not be vulnerable to this? My priv is on the latest patch and shows 1 exploit available so how is the p8lite safe?

It doesn't use a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC, it uses Huawei's own Kirin SoC.

KIA · 13 Aug 2016 at 19:34

Matteysan said:
No one should really be worried unless you like to install apps from dodgy sources.

Yeah, we've never seen malware in Google Play.

Columbo said:
Exactly, to be honest it would be better for the media not to report this sort of stuff as it makes people worry for no good reason.

Making a big song and dance of issues like this may force companies to change their act. The state of security on Android is still shocking, Nexus excluded.

ChrisD. · 18 Aug 2016 at 10:38

KIA said:
Yeah, we've never seen malware in Google Play.

Making a big song and dance of issues like this may force companies to change their act. The state of security on Android is still shocking, Nexus excluded.

Exactly, to think any way else is being in denial.