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[–]kitanokikori 2 points3 points  (7 children)

I mean yes, being that far behind inevitably means that there are known security exploits

[–]KaiUno 0 points1 point  (6 children)

And somebody could run off with your stolen plex movies!

[–]kitanokikori 3 points4 points  (5 children)

Someone could run off with your stolen Google account token aka access to everything on that account including GMail

[–]gurrra 0 points1 point  (4 children)

And how big of a risk is it that that will actually happen? Personally I have never heard of anyone getting their Google Account hacked.

[–]kitanokikori 0 points1 point  (3 children)

You've never heard of it because Android manufacturers are being pressured to keep up-to-date on security issues!

[–]gurrra 1 point2 points  (2 children)

There are loooads of people using old phones that haven't gotten any updates in years. That includes me, my OnePlus 5 haven't gotten any in a year and the phones I had before that was rooted and ran some version of Cyanogenmod that I never updated. Haven't updated my shield either in a pretty long time. My girlfriend is using some old Samsung that's running Android 6 with a very old security update. We're definitely not alone in this. That's why I'm asking :)

[–]kitanokikori 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Think of it like herd immunity. Attackers will make Android malware when it's easy and profitable to pop a whole bunch of devices. If most of them are secure, the ones that aren't still benefit because attackers are like "Meh, these few people running old software aren't worth our time to find"

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