Crosspost of an ongoing thread over at !android@lemdro.id

Some interesting discussions on the trade-off between security and being able to use your aging Android for a little while longer.

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WannaCry targeted hospitals, businesses and similar machines.

Your grandma using Android 9 is safe, don’t worry.

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WannaCry targeted hospitals, businesses and similar machines.

WannaCry targeted everything with SMB exposed, blindly.

Also, you should read more about security through obscurity, the fact that “no one will target you because you are a low-value target” is a false sense of security.

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