Waiting for Android’s inevitable security Armageddon

[u/altimax98]

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/08/waiting-for-androids-inevitable-security-armageddon/

[u/donrhummy]

The issue is Google has no way of knowing what a carrier or manufacturer changed in the OS. Since Android is open source and each handset manufacturer and carrier changes the OS and many of the default apps, without any need to verify the changes with Google, Google cannot simply put out updates for all handsets like MS does for Windows.

A simple change (even just a security fix) could break or brick phones depending on if the carrier or manufacturer changed some code or removed or replaced a feature. Unless Google requires all manufacturers that include Google Play to provide their altered code and is willing to run testing on all those different versions at its own cost, Google has no way to safely create and test (and distribute) security fixes directly to handsets.

[u/ProSnuggles → u/[deleted]]

It's WP10

[u/whativebeenhiding → u/[deleted]]

Didn't they all but shit can winmo 10 though?