Google back to explain why not “save” the 930 million … – TeK.sapo

Although the history of the 930 million mobile devices that Google will not “save” of an existing security hole. An executive of US technology made a publication which explains again why the company did not provide the fix, but try to minimize the effects advising to use Firefox as mobile browser.
 

But first the “story”. All versions of Android 4.4 KitKat below are vulnerable to malicious exploits through a problem that exists in WebKit, the tool that allows you to view web pages for apps without having to open a separate browser.
 

several million devices are therefore affected – an estimated 930 million – and Google had said that he could do nothing about the situation. More detailed explanations of the case can be found here.
 

Now a company executive, Adrian Ludwig, used on Google+ to explain why the company does not help fix. As a first step indirectly said that the responsibility is on the side of manufacturers and partners that Google tries to keep everything as current as possible in AOSP version of Android – but that is above all used by advanced users of the operating system.
 

“But WebKit alone has more than five million lines of code and hundreds of thousands of developers to add improvements every month, so in some cases correct versions WebKit vulnerabilities with more than two years requires changes in large parts of the code and is no longer practical to do so, “explains the element of Android security team.
 

This policy is similar to what happens with other software – after some time are discontinued and no longer receive security updates. But in this case in particular is concerned the large number of affected users and the fact that Android does not have detailed any pages periods of official support.
 

Google has been heavily criticized in recent weeks due to the posture that has taken on some security holes. In this issue of Android, the technology also revealed security weaknesses of Windows and Mac OS before Microsoft and Apple make available the respective corrections.
 

If you have an Android between versions 2.3 and 4.3, this is for you
 
 If your Android is among the Gingerbread version and the last of JellyBean, know that is exposed to said security breach. And according to Adrian Ludwig, this is what you should do to minimize the problem.
 

Keep all updated applications is one of the steps, as well as using a browser that is constantly renewed. Chrome and Firefox are the examples given, and the Mozilla browser supports devices from version 2.3 of Android.
 

It is also unwise to access pages of content that do not use the HTTPS protocol, but this is a warning especially for developers who must keep their applications running pages without this safety system.
 

Of course, stay away from suspicious content and external applications stores are also among the minimum practices to ensure security scenario as far as possible.
 

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