When LG pulled out of the smartphone business the company committed to continue providing updates for select phones. Now the company is shutting down its update servers on June 30th. The LG Bridge PC app will also stop working on that date. https://www.androidauthority.com/lg-smartphone-updates-3548804/ #LG #OSUpdates #SecurityUpdates #Android
@JessTheUnstill @bohwaz @punkfairie @ajsadauskas @tomiahonen @fuchsiii Exactly...
Coincidentially, that's why #Android (and #iOS) doesn't let users have #root access because billions of devices owned by mostly "#TechIlliterates" that hardly get #SecurityUpdates would be an even bigger risk if they didn't boot a locked-down #ROM image, thus only allowing for #malware in user-privilegued userspace!
Cuz having a mobile OS that shoves everything through #Tor and only allows #userspace-Apps in the form modern web technologies would be a big #security and #privacy gain.
@GrapheneOS Well, you've to ask #Google and #Fiarphone that and consider invoking #Regulators like @EUCommission, @kartellamt@social.bund.de and others in that matter.
Which again proves my point:
#AllGAFAMsAreEvil and NOONE shoud've ever trusted them with anything!
The #Android ecosystem is fucked up and there is a need for #vendors to refuse to bow before #Google and actually do #secure & #repairable devices.
Again: You seem angry at the wromg person if that means you're angry at me.
The question to me is how is #GrapheneOS gonna go about this?
So my question is when will you get forward and work with other #vendors instead of tying your project to Google-specific and thus sorta-proprietary implementations?
[...] Pixel targets have a lot of device-specific hardening in the AOSP base along with some in GrapheneOS which needs to be ported over too. For example, various security features in the kernel including type-based Control Flow Integrity (CFI) and the shadow call stack are currently specific to the kernels for these devices. [...]
To me that sounds like some very serious #VendorLockIn you're stuck in, and now it bites you in your rear...
I hate to say it, but #ToldYaSo sadly happened!
I guess you gotta have to bootstrap it from scratch starting with #toybox + musl / #linux sooner or later...
Not to seem like an asshole, but I do sincerely wish GrpaheneOS and it's team only the best of luck and that the issue gets fixed sooner than later, because this #Vendor #LockIn is a major issue [and yes I do blame the Device Vendors that shit out unmaintained garbage] so unless you can afford the legal cost of actuall enforcing #EU laws re: #SecurityUpdates and force Vendors like #Fairphone to actually follow their claims re: #Security and #Updates, this won't move anywhere.
I do however also don't expect you to find a magical solution. My point is that there needs to be a change of strategy, and relying on Hardware you neither own nor control in the sense of Stakeholding isn't going to provide you with the necessary stability.
Apple will update iPhones for at least 5 years in rare public commitment - Enlarge (credit: Apple)
Apple has taken a rare step and public... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2029397 #securityupdates #iphone15pro #apple #ios17 #tech #ios
Windows security updates could come with fewer reboots beginning later this year - Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft)
Microso... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2005857 #securityupdates #windows1124h2 #windowsserver #microsoft #windows11 #tech
Apple warns proposed UK law will affect software updates around the world - Enlarge
Apple is "deeply concerned" that proposed changes to ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1999789 #governmentsurveillance #investigatorypowersact #applesecurityupdates #endtoendencryption #securityupdates #onlinesecurity #onlineprivacy #unitedkingdom #policy #apple
Microsoft will offer a chance to pay for extended security updates for Windows 10 for up to 3 years after it reaches end of support on Oct 14, 2025, but the company is really pushing upgrades to Win 11 (or new PC purchases) instead. https://buff.ly/3uNp2ur #Windows10 #SecurityUpdates #Micrososft
It was my turn to push the forum post on SysAdmins Zone today for patch tuesday... Going to end up looking into scripting the whole thing. Talk about a lot of work and effort for a nice little post :)
https://sysadmins.zone/topic/49/july-2023-patch-tuesday/1
The latest version 12.0.5 is now available for download. This update includes Firefox bug fixes, stability improvements, and security updates. Stay tuned for 12.0.6 next month!" #TorBrowser #Update #SecurityUpdates https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1205/
Time is quickly running out!
Windows 7 and Windows 8 will stop getting critical security updates in one week https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/3/23537688/microsoft-windows-7-8-end-of-support-security-updates