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MaximilianKohler@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Needs indefinite software support too. It only has 5-7 years software support from what I recall. The only reason I’ve had to get rid of old phones is because they weren’t providing security updates anymore.

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BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Security updates are good but the major of the weakness it’s the human using the device, there wouldn’t be any security update which can fight a dumb user, my humble POV.

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- __dev@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  There’s vulnerabilities like the recent iMessage exploit that are executed remotely through no interaction by the user. In combination with the ability to self-spread you get mass exploits like WannaCry which spread to 300k+ computers in 7 hours. All you need is a network connection.
  
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BrowseMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The problem is that, apparently the software support is lacking.

It seems security updates are (very) slow to come.

It’s a shame because the concept is very interesting and was thinking of taking the fairphone 5 as my next phone. However the bad feedback regarding updates made me look into another model

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