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hackuser on Nov 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Android security in 2016 is a mess

The IT industry's lack of attention to security (including confidentiality and system integrity) has enabled mass surveillance, by both businesses and government, and that problem now combines with the political situation to create a serious risk to people's rights.

Google has a very serious responsibility to implement effective security for Android, and it needs to be done urgently. They've known about it for years and put it off. The EFF has some basic specs here:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/11/tech-companies-fix-the...

qwertyuiop924 on Nov 29, 2016 | [–]

Irritatingly, as much as Android security sucks, it's effective enough that it's hard to root most phones.

hackuser on Nov 29, 2016 | | [–]

Secure against, but not for, end-users.

soft_dev_person on Nov 30, 2016 | [–]

When I worked in the mobile industry (modems), blatant security holes to monitor all sorts of things was a requirement from the biggest operators (like AT&T).

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