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Google Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability, report finds (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.zip

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[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

According to iVerify’s report, the software was developed by a company called Smith Micro Software and appears to have been created for Verizon for in-store demos.

Saved you a click. If you don't use Verizon, you don't have to worry.

[–] lemmy_in@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Incorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.

[–] gila@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

If it was simply not included in the stock rom rather than being made inactive except for in the OEM rom, you'd still have a device with a bunch of active bloatware

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

I didn't read that in the article, but I could have missed it. Did it say it was all pixels, or just the ones slated for Verizon?