Re: Stagefright Detector App

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From	Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Stagefright Detector App
Date	Sat, 08 Aug 2015 22:03:08 +0100
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On 08/08/2015 20:58, Dave Higton wrote:
> In message<d2mjktF3kkU1@mid.individual.net>
>            "s|b"<me@privacy.invalid>  wrote:
>
>> Stagefright Detector App - by Zimperium INC.
>> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zimperium.stagefrightdetector>
>>
>> Installed on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. After analysis it shows this:
>> <http://oi60.tinypic.com/287qhk4.jpg>
>>
>> It seems I'm still vulnerable, after disabling MMS auto video download
>> and auto video download in WhatsApp and Viber. (Hangouts is supposed to
>> be uninstalled.)
>>
>> What now?
>
> Yes.  The above app is a misnomer - it isn't a detector at all.  It
> merely makes a claim as to whether your device could be vulnerable.
> If you've disabled all the routes by which SF could do anything, it
> /still/ says you could be vulnerable - I don't think it detects
> whether the routes are or are not enabled.
>
> Pretty much useless IMHO.
>
> Dave

It looks to me like an app designed to frighten you into buying 
something else which you almost certainly don't need!
-- 
Cheers,
Roger
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Stagefright Detector App "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-08-08 16:56 +0200
  Re: Stagefright Detector App Dave Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2015-08-08 20:58 +0100
    Re: Stagefright Detector App Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 22:03 +0100

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