Google won’t fix a security issue that affects 1 billion Android devices

[Wireless News]

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/u0SBoHNmFv9Jl1IaVSZ07Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/android-security-fbi-malware-warning.jpeg (http://news.yahoo.com/google-won-t-fix-security-issue-affects-1-124505777.html)Whenever asked about security and malware in Android, Google always explains how it keeps updating the security of its mobile operating system to make sure users are safe, while simultaneously minimizing the risks. Even so, millions of Android users are affected-by malware, and security researchers have just discovered a serious-issue that might affect as many as 1-billion devices — and Google isn’t willing to fix it. Or at least, not by itself. FROM EARLIER: Android fans vent about what they hate most about Lollipop Rapid7’s Tod Beardsley discovered a security bug in WebView, a component used to render web pages on an Android device inside an app that’s not necessarily an Internet browser, which affects all Android versions before Android



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