Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Google Engineer Explains Company’s Decision Not to Patch Bug in Older Android Versions

From ThreatPost:

Google Engineer Explains Company’s Decision Not to Patch Bug in Older Android Versions


Google has taken quite a bit of heat in recent weeks for its decision not to patch a vulnerability in the WebView component of Android in older versions, leaving hundreds of millions of users exposed to potential attacks. Now, a Google engineer is explaining the company’s reasoning, saying that patching older versions of the OS can be difficult and that users can run patched browsers, even on older versions of Android.

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