- They don't read hacker news so they aren't aware of this.
- They won't be able to disable auto downloading of MMS even if they did hear about it (think grandparents)
- They won't ever get an update to their Android phone to fix it (or be able to update it if one arrived)
Instead, why don't Android phone updates work like Chrome's updates do? I installed Chrome v1 years ago on my parents computer and today they are running version 44 (without any intervention on my behalf). They are fully up to date and protected without them having to even know about or run any sort of update.
Agreed. Even for those of us on Hacker News who know how to deal with this, what's our incentive for staying on Android? I really love the user experience of Android, but all this makes me think about is the next exploit and whether iPhone or even Windows Phone are more secure. At the very least they get patches in a timely fashion.
- They don't read hacker news so they aren't aware of this.
- They won't be able to disable auto downloading of MMS even if they did hear about it (think grandparents)
- They won't ever get an update to their Android phone to fix it (or be able to update it if one arrived)
Instead, why don't Android phone updates work like Chrome's updates do? I installed Chrome v1 years ago on my parents computer and today they are running version 44 (without any intervention on my behalf). They are fully up to date and protected without them having to even know about or run any sort of update.