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."

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[AmiMoJo]

I have decided to warn users about a string of critical security flaws in Apple products. They allow an attacker to 0wn your pets, borrow your car one day a week and other terrible things. In the interests of safety I'm not going to detail them in any way or provide any evidence of their existence, just warn you. Take my word for it, they exist and I am in no way trolling Apple fans.

That's funny

[ArcadeMan]

For all the hostility towards Apple, you have to admit that Android isn't really up to the task of just fucking working.

I have things to do and these things do not involve messing around with making my hardware and software work properly.

Enjoy your "freedom of choice", Android fanboys.