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    [Android] Stagefright: end of days or no big deal?

    Discussion in 'Smartphones and Tablets' started by Mitlov, Aug 7, 2015.

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    Ron Amadeo, long-time Android fanboy, has written a pretty apocalyptic op-ed in light of Stagefright: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/08/waiting-for-androids-inevitable-security-armageddon/

    The Verge, long-time Android haters and Apple lovers, wrote an optimistic op-ed about how this is changing Android for the better: http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/5/9099627/google-stagefright-android-vulnerability-protect-patch

    Now, this situation has me worried that a goateed Spock will use an "agonizer device" on somebody. Opposite-world issues aside, I'm really not sure what to think. Is this a big frickin' deal that should have me contemplating an exit from the Android universe? Or just tech blogs drumming up panic as clickbait?
     
    Mitlov, Aug 7, 2015
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