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Exploitable Backhole Accidentally Left In Some MediaTek-based Phones (ndtv.com)
Lirodon writes: MediaTek has confirmed findings by security researcher Justin Case, who discovered that some devices running Android KitKat on MediaTek processors (often used in lower-cost devices) had a debug function, meant to be removed on production devices, accidentally left in by their manufacturer. This hole could be used to trivially gain root access, among other possibilities.
"Accidentally" at the behest of a nation-state actor. The only real accident was it being discovered. Just like the backdoors in Screen OS, etc.
Did you mean backdoor? Black hole?
Oh god, this one's going to bring the goatse out.
Because they haven't progressed to contextual translation yet, which includes phrases and grammar structure translation. Any multi-lingual person will be able to tell you that they do not translate word for word, they need the full phrase or more to go from language a to b, especially if those languages have varying grammatical structures and rules governing things like adverb and adjective placement. Also note that phrases like "top of the morning to you" should be translated to an appropriate (morning) greeting and not some nonsensical word for word replacement scheme.
The cesspool just got a check and balance.