Google says hackers could silently own your phone until Samsung fixes its modems
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In 2015, a vulnerability in Samsung's SwiftKey keyboard was discovered that allowed attackers to remotely execute code on the device.
In 2016, researchers discovered a flaw in Samsung's Knox security software that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges and gain root access to the device.
In 2017, a vulnerability was discovered that allowed attackers to take control of Samsung's SmartCam cameras.
In 2018, researchers found a flaw in Samsung's Secure Boot feature that allowed attackers to install malicious firmware on the device.
In 2019, researchers discovered a vulnerability in Samsung's Galaxy S10 fingerprint scanner that allowed anyone to unlock the phone with a 3D printed fingerprint.
Vulns are part and parcel of products running any kind of SW. As long as the manufacturer acknowledges it and pushes a prompt fix we should be good.
Critical system vulnerabilities are few and far between for most companies.
Samsung has much greater than average occurrences of critical root level vulnerabilities.
My S22 ultra has a major bug that causes the screen to no longer update until I screenshot my way to the restart button. (Their response is trade in for an S23, but at my expense).
I've never had a TV fail before, much less within two years. When I first put it together, it seemed like it was designed to fail. When they do, repair means either be charged $300 for a $10 fiber optic cable or $400 for a new output box.
Any appliance repair person worth their salt would tell you to never buy Samsung appliances. They're the most prone to failure, most expensive to repair. They try to appeal to consumers by appearing like a luxury brand, while having bottom of the barrel engineering inside.
I am avoiding anything Samsung until their track record turns around completely.
I get it you dislike Samsung but citation needed for such claims other than "trust me bro".
Also, since Samsung is possibly the world's biggest, or at least one of the biggest makers and sellers of electronics, serving a wide variety of markets and price points, it's inevitable that their name pops up more often than other brands.
The target on your back from hackers and security researchers is proportional to your size as a company. Everyone would like to gloat they hacked a Samsung device. Nobody cares you hacked a TCL device.
So a better metric would be severe vulnerabilities per number of devices sold .
At the top of my head it's WFM opening up attack surfaces but it could be that hackers with more free time hacked more. Sociological reasons are more interesting for me.
To make matters worse, "regular" crime struggled at the same time. It's harder to break into people's homes if they are at home all day, and you can't mug them in a dark alley either, neither can you pickpocket tourists.
This is a guess though, but now think of the millions upon millions of people bored at home who might think "I wonder if..."
As if written today, even though it’s 8 years ago lol!
Microsoft ditched its QA unit a while ago.
My employer posts multiple (10+) marketing and sales job openings currently on Linkedin but there is no money for an additional "QA resource".
The list goes on, and this is one of the effects.
Unit tests are great but mainly look for things you expect and focus on the low having fruit. Not complex interactions between components.
Their QA teams used to test on all kinds of hardware but most of it was replaced by automated VM stuff.
There are still issues that crop up from time to time now that I’m on a Mac, but there’s also one place to turn to when there’s a problem and they generally do a pretty good job of resolving things (although the last big issue I had—which ultimately ended with my laptop going through a Ship of Theseus complete replacement took a while but that was also in November–December of 2020 when everything was pretty messed up & the service person was able to give me my choice of anything from the Apple store under $200 as compensation).
T-Mobile, ATT, and Verizon have all shut down 3G networks as of 2022.
Ordered it from their website and I am located in Sweden.
If you still have the box or possibly a receipt, Exynos S22Us have the model number SM-S908B or SM-S908B/DS. Every other model is Snapdragon.
If you just have the phone itself, try the Geekbench or CPU-Z apps. They're benchmarking apps for the most part, but they also contain pretty detailed hardware reports.
To confirm you can install AIDA64 from the Play Store.
the list goes on and on.
Wtf??