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GreenEngineering3475 @lemmy.world

11mo ago

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

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11mo ago

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

www.wired.com /story/google-android-pixel-showcase-vulnerability/

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GreenEngineering3475 @lemmy.world

11mo ago

Nearly All Google Pixel Phones Exposed by Unpatched Flaw in Hidden Android App

www.wired.com /story/google-android-pixel-showcase-vulnerability/

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The article is VERY misleading and probably shouldn’t have been published by Wired in the first place. GrapheneOS clarified the entire situation in this Mastodon thread: https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/112967309987371034
According to the article, the culprit is showcase.apk, an in-store demo app. I couldn't find it on my P5 running lineage so hopefully that means AOSP / custom roms not based on stock roms are not affected.
- The app is also not enabled even on a stock ROM, so the attacker would need to have physical access to your phone, and your password to enable the app before this man-in-the-middle attack could even be performed.
  
  So it's a manual manned man in the middle attack?
Super misleading title. It's not even enabled on most pixels. So nothing was "exposed"