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Poking Holes In Samsung's Android Security
Orome1 writes "Tired of waiting for Samsung to fix a string of critical flaws in their smartphones running Android, Italian security researcher Roberto Paleari has decided to inform the public about the seriousness of the matter and maybe make the company pick up the pace. Mindful of the danger that the vulnerabilities present to the users if they are exploited by malicious individuals, he decided not to share any technical details, but to just give a broad overview of what their misuse would allow. This includes a silent installation of highly-privileged applications with no user interaction and an app performing almost any action on the victim's phone."
I swore off Samsung a few years ago when the 2.5 year old HDTV I had paid $1400 for died, and they wanted as much to repair it as a new TV would cost. Their products are shoddily made, and they don't stand behind them. They could produce the snazziest Jesus phone on the market and I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot poleaxe.
True, but much of the same could be said about Apple.
IIRC Apple's 30" $3000+ monitor shipped with a 1 year warranty (seriously?!). Apple has also, going on for years and years, routinely offered customers to pay extra upfront for warranty/insurance beyond the first year in markets where the law says you have to have more than 1 year of warranty on electronics.
Apple Jesus is a bit like Catholic Jesus. They know you'll come back even if you occasionally a**rape some of them...