I'd like to see "% days vulnerable to publicly-known vulnerabilities" as a smartphone statistic [LWN.net]

I'd like to see "% days vulnerable to publicly-known vulnerabilities" as a smartphone statistic

Posted Jan 20, 2016 20:44 UTC (Wed) by prometheanfire (subscriber, #65683)
In reply to: I'd like to see "% days vulnerable to publicly-known vulnerabilities" as a smartphone statistic by david.a.wheeler
Parent article: Dutch consumer group sues Samsung over Android updates (OSNews)

This is part of the reason my next phone will be on google's monthly update cycle. Have the reseller be on that cycle for a few months to prove some ability to secure the new phone. ATM it is only google and their nexus line that provide it.

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I'd like to see "% days vulnerable to publicly-known vulnerabilities" as a smartphone statistic

Posted Jan 20, 2016 21:56 UTC (Wed) by job (guest, #670) [Link] (1 responses)

Google is not a guarantee for updates. I bought a Nexus One, and within a year it was out of updates.

That never happened to any other kind of computer I bought.

I'd like to see "% days vulnerable to publicly-known vulnerabilities" as a smartphone statistic

Posted Jan 20, 2016 22:09 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

Things have changed quite a bit since the Nexus One days. There is no shortage of room for improvement, but Google does seem to be figuring out that security updates are important.