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echo: rberrypi
to: RICKMAN
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2017-12-18 22:44:00
subject: Re: Using a Phone Like a

rickman  wrote:
> 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?

No. Phones, especially cheap ones, get abandoned after about 1 or 2 years.
(Apple is a little better.) No upgrades, no security updates, nothing. “Buy
our new model, chump!”

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