“Pssst! Would you like a side of malware with that Android phone?”
Sounds harsh, but hey, that’s the reality of using Android devices.
Remember when it was discovered that almost all Android phone came with an app that phoned in customer data to a server in mainland China?
That app, though it could be deleted by users, would automagically resurrect itself, prompting emergency updates by wireless providers.
Well, this is even more insidious.
As discovered by security research firm Kryptowire, these Android problems just aren’t user-fixable at all. They’re embedded in the firmware, for goodness sake!
So, as a side dish to your Android phone, you get to have an increased malware attack area that attackers can use to surface your data wherever they can monetize it.
Ain’t that something?
I’m going to resist making a droll comment here.
Source: The Verge
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