Fucking manufacturers should be forced to unlock the bootloader once they stop supporting a phone
This was apparently already patched in AOSP in October and if you use GrapheneOS and opted into security preview updates, you’re already covered.
I’m stuck on an old version of Android. I guess I’m getting a new phone when I get that text.
From Google “Third-party stores are insecure” and “We won’t fix VPN bugs in all Android versions.”
Classic Google ignoring devices people still use that are bootloader locked meaning you can’t even update them to a secure OS even if you wanted to. And allowing vendors to prevent phones from getting security updates. The phone industry is a total scam.
So you buy a new one every 2 years.
damn they should really stop making all these new vulnerabilities
So what is in the SMS
A bomb
The imposter from among us.
why do people still buy android
Sure, because iOS never had this same vulnerability 🤣
Yes, it had the weird symbol that would crash the phone if somebody sent it to you. That was 2024 https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/21/crash-iphone-by-typing-these-letters/
Or that weird image that would also crash the phone. Not sure the year of that.
Because it’s better than Apple
And no nobody “buys android”, it’s freeBecause the only usable alternative is worse.
Alternatives include:
- No smartphone. Eccentric, comes with significant practical and social costs.
- Desktop-style Linux (PostmarketOS, Ubuntu Touch, others). Most hardware is barely usable or unusable. Few desktop apps are optimized for touch on a phone-sized screen.
- iOS. Apps can’t exist without permission from Apple. Even in jurisdictions that forced them to allow other app stores, notarization is mandatory and they can withhold it.
All of those are bigger problems than the mild crappiness of Android.
