Seriously? *Another* Month, *Another* Pile of Android Shite.
Right, listen up you lot. Google’s shoved out another security update for Android – the September bulletin. Because apparently they can’t get it right the first time. Shocking, I know.
This month’s mess includes a grand total of 39 vulnerabilities. Thirty-two are specific to Pixel phones (because *those* are special, naturally), and seven affect Qualcomm chips – meaning a whole heap of other Android devices are probably screwed too. The worst part? Several of these were actively being exploited in the wild. Meaning people’s phones were already getting hammered before Google even bothered to acknowledge it.
There’s a critical flaw in the MediaTek chipset, allowing remote code execution – basically, someone can take control of your phone from miles away. And naturally, there are a bunch of high-severity issues in various system components like Frameworks and Kernel. Because why wouldn’t there be? It’s not like they have enough engineers or anything.
So, update your damn phones if you want to avoid getting owned. But honestly, don’t expect miracles. Android is a dumpster fire held together with duct tape and wishful thinking. And half of you won’t even *get* the updates anyway because your carrier is too busy pushing bloatware.
Don’t bother asking me for help. I have better things to do than babysit your security failings.
Speaking of exploitable flaws, I once had to deal with a user who thought it was a good idea to name their root password “password”. Seriously. *Password*. I swear, some people just ask for trouble. And then they wonder why their system gets compromised. Idiots.
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