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  University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-15 21:22 -0500
    Re: University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-16 05:00 +0000
      Re: University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-10-15 22:22 -0700
        Re: University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few Poutnik <Poutnik4NNTP@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 10:28 +0200
        Re: University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-16 18:06 +0000

#526370 — University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few

University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few
> http://phys.org/news/2015-10-university-cambridge-android-comfort-zones.html


> By now everyone gets it. Android as a mobile operating system has
> been a malice magnet, and the scenario by now is familiar: Android
> teams rush out their patches to manufacturers but a lot of white
> noise from some of the manufacturers deters neat endings.
>
> A new study offers a sobering look at Android. Research revealed that
> 87% of Android devices are vulnerable to attacks through malicious
> apps and messages. The blame appears to close in on those
> manufacturers who do not deliver timely or regular security updates.
> "We showed that the bottleneck for the delivery of updates in the
> Android ecosystem rests with the manufacturers, who fail to provide
> updates to fix critical vulnerabilities," said the researchers in
> their study.
>
> This report is well documented, basing its stats on over 21,700
> devices, with the information gathered thanks to Device Analyzer.
> This is an app that researchers at the Computer Laboratory of the
> University of Cambridge created. The app has been available for free
> on the Play Store since May 2011, said iProgrammer.
>
> Their findings: "We find that on average 87.7% of Android devices are
> exposed to at least one of 11 known critical vulnerabilities and,
> across the ecosystem as a whole, assign a FUM security score of 2.87
> out of 10."


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#526379

Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few

Let me guess...

The spamming shit head thought the article was about asteroids due to
his low level of reading comprehension so immediately cut and pasted it
to the physics groups as the ass hole shit head thinks astronomy is
physics.

There is no way by any stretch of the imagination that security holes
in an operating system is a subject for physics discussion.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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#526380

On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 10:01:12 PM UTC-7, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> > University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few
> 
> Let me guess...
> 
> The spamming shit head thought the article was about asteroids due to
> his low level of reading comprehension so immediately cut and pasted it
> to the physics groups as the ass hole shit head thinks astronomy is
> physics.
> 
> There is no way by any stretch of the imagination that security holes
> in an operating system is a subject for physics discussion.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jim Pennino

Since when is astronomy not physics?

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#526390

On 10/16/2015 07:22 AM, pnalsing@gmail.com wrote:

> Since when is astronomy not physics?

Since not all the science is physics ?
Is not astronomy interdisciplinary domain ?

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#526447

pnalsing@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 10:01:12 PM UTC-7, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > University of Cambridge: Android comfort zones are few
>> 
>> Let me guess...
>> 
>> The spamming shit head thought the article was about asteroids due to
>> his low level of reading comprehension so immediately cut and pasted it
>> to the physics groups as the ass hole shit head thinks astronomy is
>> physics.
>> 
>> There is no way by any stretch of the imagination that security holes
>> in an operating system is a subject for physics discussion.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jim Pennino
> 
> Since when is astronomy not physics?

Since a few hundred years ago when the physical sciences were separated
into branches, e.g. chemistry, astronomy, geology, etc. and universities
divided into different departments.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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