Report - Some Android phone companies are lying to their users about security updates

SRL has released a tool called SnoopSnitch on the Play Store that can analyze your phone's firmware in order to check for installed or lost Android security updates to see if you are really secure.


It is known that Android phones are very slow to get updates, according to the latest update of the distribution of Android versions released by Google in February, only 1.1% of Android users have access to the latest version of the system, but it seems that the problems that Android system updates are deeper than that.

According to research company Security Research Labs, a number of Android phone manufacturers are lying to their customers about the security updates missed, and two researchers from the company reached this conclusion after spending two years in the analysis of Android devices, and verify whether the phones have already installed security fixes that The phones really need them.

The researchers found that many devices suffer from what he called the "gap in reform", as the phone program claims that it has been updated with security patches, but in fact did not get dozens of necessary security reforms.

SRL said it tested the firmware of 1,200 phones from companies such as Google, Samsung, HTC, Motorola, ZTE and TLC for every security reform for Android released last year. It found that even leading companies, such as Samsung and Sony, missed some security fixes.

It seems bad, be it intentional or not, to miss out on your phone users with necessary security updates that leave them vulnerable to hacking because there is nothing to protect them, and incomplete security updates give them a false sense of security by believing they are fully protected, More disastrous results later.

To help, SRL has released a tool called SnoopSnitch on the Play Store that can analyze your phone's firmware to check for installed or missing Android security updates to see if you're really safe.

"We launched investigations into each case and every product manufactured by companies to make their certified devices comply," he said. The company said it would further investigate the problem.

Finally, there is one fact: if Android device manufacturers can not update their phones, the least they can do is be honest about this fact.
What do you think of SRL? Do you think that Android phone companies lie to their users?

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