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Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion

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On 09/08/16 17:14, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
> Yesterday morning, immediately after reading about the QuadRooter security flaw that exists in some QualComm chips, I ran the Check Point QuadRooter Scanner app, which told me that my Nexus 5X phone (with the July security patches) was *not* affected.
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> My wife's Nexus 5X (bought a few days before mine) already had the August security patches, and the Check Point QuadRooter Scanner app told us that her phone *was* affected.
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> Yesterday afternoon my phone got the August security patches, and I ran the Check Point QuadRooter Scanner app, which told me that my Nexus 5X phone *was* affected.
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> I then ran QualComm's own scan tool on both phones, and it told me that my phone is *not* affected but that my wife's *is* affected.
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> I hope the new security fix comes soon.
>
> Perce

Read this:
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-confirms-verify-apps-can-block-apps-quadrooter-exploits

and then just keep calm, and carry on.

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QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-08-09 12:14 -0400
  Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion Tim <timothybil@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-09 12:31 -0500
    Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-08-09 13:58 -0400
      Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion Tim <timothybil@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-09 22:38 -0500
        Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-09 23:57 -0400
        Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 07:20 +0000
        Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-08-10 09:27 +0100
      Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-08-11 13:08 -0400
  Re: QuadRooter security flaw -- confusion Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-08-10 09:48 +0100

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