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FTC Orders Apple, Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Samsung To Divulge Mobile Security Practices (networkworld.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the key-to-understanding dept.

coondoggie quotes a report from Networkworld: The Federal Trade Commission today said it issued a 10-page letter to eight leading players in the mobile communications arena requiring them to tell the agency how they issue security updates to address vulnerabilities in smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Apple, BlackBerry, Google, HTC America, LG Electronics, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, and Samsung must provide the following: The factors that they consider in deciding whether to patch a vulnerability on a particular mobile device, detailed data on the specific mobile devices they have offered for sale to consumers since August 2013, the vulnerabilities that have affected those devices, and whether and when the company patched such vulnerabilities.

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  1. Re:Chasing the wrong people by berj · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've never had to wait for my carrier (Rogers Canada, in this case) to supply me an iOS update. I just download it on the day Apple releases it.

  2. Re:Chasing the wrong people by scotts13 · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you think Apple are any different then you're basing an opinion on wishful thinking and hope.

    And your carrier cares for neither. Doesn't matter who your carrier is, if they don't want to supply an update to you, you won't see one. Apple, Samsung, HTC, whoever. It's all the same. Money talks.

    That turns out not to be the case. With my Apple phone, Apple offers updates and I accept (or decline) them. The carrier has nothing to o with it.