Android Stagefright Exploit Detector

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:06 am

The fault lies mostly with Google not providing security updatability across all phones, at least for a good enough portion of time.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:24 am

The problem is the carriers demand final control of updates when you buy it through them. I think that will eventually change. Apple has full control of updates for their phones, and there's no reason why Google can't negotiate the same thing.

Ultimately, the carriers aren't going to want the responsibility for updates, even though they claim to worry about "impacts to network performance".

Losbot · Post by **Losbot** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:53 am

Agreed. It's not Google's fault. Google pushes out the OS and the carriers then go apeshit with all their "enhancements", having the manufacturers load their modified OS. Then when Google updates the OS, they have to make the changes to THEIR modified version. They start loosing interest on the phones after they're about a year old, focusing on newer phones.

I realized it was a no-win situation so I moved to the Nexus line 4yrs ago and I'm happy as hell.

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:54 pm

I am thinking more under the hood security fixes in the least, similar with what you get for Windows. New OS versions may not work well with every phone, especially older ones with low specs.

This stagefright exploit might just bring the discussion between them to have changes. Shouldn't have to buy a specific phone just to be always up to date. Though there are community options for doing updates on many phones even when carriers abandoned them.