Roger Bell_West wrote on 12/18/2017 2:05 PM:
> On 2017-12-18, rickman wrote:
>> Roger Bell_West wrote on 12/18/2017 11:59 AM:
>>> It's very unlikely to have any modern OS ported to it, so you won't be
>>> able to secure it. That's fine if you're in a very local network with
>>> no possibility of external access by bad actors (humans or robots).
>> Perhaps you can explain what you mean by "modern" OS.  Android isn't a
>> "modern" OS?
>
> That page mentions Android KitKat, which is from 2013. Can you put a
> modern Android on it, with security fixes since then? If so, for how
> much longer can you keep it current?
>
> A major reason I stick with my Pis is that I can keep them all patched
> up to date, even the oldest.

Don't phones get regular security updates?  I read that as of Nov 2017,
KitKat is used on 14% of devices.  If it had security issues and didn't get
updates, I would expect that to have been noted.  No?

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