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my android phone has a nagging "security update" popup that I cannot delete. I don't update so it stays with my phone all the time (it takes a huge amount in the pause screen), i have to deny the updates each time i restart my phone (which doesn't happen often). Nonetheless, it's true I can still use my phone (and the appstore)... huh, now that I take a closer look at this annoying update it appears to be from samsung not from google.

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Why would you not update your phone security updates? Do you even read anything about Android updates. It's extremely important for vital security flaws if you use any sort of modern apps.

It's a huge advocate of keeping all my data private but now knowing how useful it is to anonymize, encrypt and use it all on my device with things like Google Pay, I strongly advocate if you're using Google or Samsung services to update.

Plus these updates usually are Android level and not related to Samsung or Google

Most of those updates only apply to the latest. So it isn't just Android it is all the other parts too. For a few months you can only get security, but eventually they decide the only version they support is the one with whatever changed google made to the core not related to security as well.

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