The CIA has been exploiting security holes in it for years. I’ve got an older phone, so I’m probably vulnerable. On the other hand, I don’t do much with it, so I don’t really care. If I did, I’d upgrade to one with the latest OS that gets regular updates.
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There’s also the problem that the CIA has been exploiting security holes instead of helping to patch them up. You might not need that security, but someone does for lawful reasons.
I thought the CIA wasn’t supposed to investigate US citizens? That would be the FBI. Also, the NSA are also the ones supposed to secure communications, and develop tools to snoop on them.
One of the reasons I dumped Android was because the manufacturers don’t ship security updates. I think my Android phone received one update after I got it, and then I was left with a big bundle of vulnerabilities in my pocket.
It’s a bit better since Google separated many of their apps from the base OS install so they can be updated independently, but I ended up only turning wi-fi on when I had to because the Android version I had had known serious vulnerabilities that were never patched.
I just assume that it is bugged. There is a reason they don’t let me take it into the Classified lab where I do some of my work. They haven’t let us do that in 15 years so I’ve never thought of them as secure.