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Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched?

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched?
Date 2026-04-22 22:50 +0200
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On 2026-04-22 22:31, Maria Sophia wrote:
> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> Another example is someone clicking on a link inside of an SMS message.
>>> I don't think I've ever done that (unless it's from my wife or kids).
>>> So a serious CVE based on someone clicking a link isn't my concern.
>>
>> I do it often. It is required to sign contracts, for example.
> 
> I've had to sign paperwork with secure esign where I would never think of
> doing that on a phone, for a huge variety of reasons (not the least of
> which is how puny a phone is for reading fine print).
> 
> I do that on the PC and even then, since my PC is hardened, it's a bitch.

Often I am not given any option. It is phone, or phone. And I was at the 
physical shop, the last two contracts. Paper not accepted.

> 
> But this fact that each of us is different underlays my rationale that a
> simple looooooooooooooong list of CVEs isn't all that useful for any of us.
> 
> What we need is a list of CVEs that
>   a. Affect only our devices
>   b. And are based on actions that we do
> 
> Of course, zero-click CVEs are the exception.
> 
> I think it's possible, and, in fact, since I have solved some of the most
> difficult problems on earth when I was working in Silicon Valley, I could
> certainly solve it, but it's not something I will be spending energy on.
> 
> Since I'm not likely going to invest energy solving it, I'm assuming
> someone else already did, but we have to find that particular site.
> 
> Too-simply stated, it would, IMHO, ask for how we use the phone.
> And then it would show us the CVE's that are unpatched that affect us.

Of course I can read the CVES, but it is a full time job.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-19 10:59 -0600
  Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-19 18:06 +0100
  Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-19 22:31 +0200
    Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-21 15:06 -0600
      Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 07:06 +0200
        Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 01:15 -0600
          Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 11:45 +0200
            Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 15:55 +0000
              Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 19:17 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 17:40 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 19:46 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 18:32 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 21:18 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 13:33 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 21:41 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 14:31 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-22 22:50 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-23 13:24 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-22 22:01 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-04-23 10:37 +0100
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 16:28 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 13:14 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 17:30 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 15:08 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 18:10 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-23 13:30 -0600
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 19:54 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-04-22 13:25 -0600
              Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 14:49 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 17:57 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 21:05 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 20:00 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-23 22:41 +0200
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 20:10 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-23 19:54 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2026-04-23 22:16 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2026-04-24 14:09 +0000
                Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-04-25 14:13 +0200
          Re: Q: What threats do we really face when our phones are not fully patched? Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-04-22 18:32 +0100

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