Exploiting security holes in Flash Player for Android to jailbreak (daringfireball.net)

4 points by Grauwolf 16y ago ↗ HN

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jessor 16y ago ↗

i wonder if someone smells the business model in this.

necrecious 16y ago ↗

You mean virus protection software for your phone? :p

ydant 16y ago ↗

How about purposefully not providing Adobe Flash on your mobile dev ice because it's insecure and unstable?

Nah, that'll never work.

benologist 16y ago ↗

It doesn't really matter much that Flash has vulnerabilities, being the #1 google result for facebook login, or a fake login, or a scam email, or a fake app is more than enough to exploit people.

jsz0 16y ago ↗

I'm surprised we haven't heard more about the increasing difficulty of rooting Android phones. On an open platform I would expect this option to exist in the Settings menu somewhere maybe with a warning that it might void your warranty or crash your phone. I don't think people should be advocating Android as a free/open alternative until this situation is resolved. It's very misleading.