[HN Gopher] Google Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability...
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       Google Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability, report finds
        
       Author : alamortsubite
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2024-08-15 19:14 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theverge.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theverge.com)
        
       | nope1000 wrote:
       | > "This was very deleterious of trust, to have third-party,
       | unvetted insecure software on it," Dane Stuckey, Palantir's chief
       | information security officer,
       | 
       | That is pretty funny
        
       | zoklet-enjoyer wrote:
       | So is this just on phones locked to Verizon or all of them?
        
       | dp-hackernews wrote:
       | Interesting addition to his statement:
       | 
       | "Fernandez said the software was made "for Verizon in-store demo
       | devices and is no longer being used," adding that Google has
       | "seen no evidence of any active exploitation."
       | 
       | How would they know?
        
       | kimixa wrote:
       | "The app was inactive by default and had to be manually enabled"
       | 
       | So I don't really see it as a big deal - I probably have _lots_
       | of software that 's not running but exists on my PC that would be
       | a security risk if "manually enabled".
       | 
       | Though it's good to remove it if it's not necessary, I hardly see
       | it as an emergency thing or really warrant this sort of
       | breathless media drama.
        
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