[Discuss] Android Exploits Found in the Wild

[Dan Ritter]

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:21:59AM -0400, Kent Borg wrote:
> A recently discovered bug allows malware to alter other apps on an
> Android device.  And evil apps have been found in the wild that
> exploit that.  Google has issued a patch, but has your cell carrier
> pushed an update?

No, but the group that makes the Android distribution that I run
did incorporate the patch, as did many others.

I don't buy phones that can't be unlocked and rooted so that I
can't run my own choice of OS on them.

-dsr-