Google Android, Froyo and Security
July 16, 2010
There have been reports that as many as 40,000 impatient hackers have gotten their Android updates a little early by going the hacker route. Presently, the only phone to get the proper update was the Nexus one. Google designed this one and take what you will from this bit of information, but it’s one of the worst selling phones.
So hackers with other versions decided to get theirs, according to a published report in tgdaily.com. Although the download site is no longer valid, it appears that up to 37,000 people clicked through the package.
If all this is true, these impatient android hackers getting Froyo brings up some interesting issues for Google. Privacy and security are important and Google needs to maintain their forward momentum here.
Rob Starr, July 16, 2010
Freebie
Comments
One Response to “Google Android, Froyo and Security”
-
- Subscribe to Beyond Search
Feature archive
News archive
-
This doesn’t make any sense. How is this a problem with privacy or security? What is really being challenged here is the network owners control of the operating system. Since Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T choose to bloat up the devices with garbage, super users work around them to get what they want.