[ale] contradictions in the world of patching

[Charles Shapiro]

The story that rooting your Android device will make it less secure is a
canard spread by people who don't want you to have control of your own
device.  I can't imagine using a computer which you own but don't control
for anything, 'specially if it has a camera and a microphone.

-- CHS




On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:

> You have a point there.  It's just something I haven't allocated a day to
> do.  I'm worried that I'll lose all my apps and data and have to reinstall
> and reconfigure them.  I've heard that rooting the device can reduce
> security since attackware may be able to use higher privileges.
>
> Are these things not a problem?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> James Taylor <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:
>
> > Acer Iconia A500 dev area.
> >
> >http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1136
> >
> >
> >>>> "James Taylor" <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> 10/10/2013 3:19 PM
> >>>>
> >Root the tablet, install a well supported android distro for it, and
> >stay current on versions and patch levels.
> >-jt
> >
> >
> >
> >James Taylor
> >678-697-9420
> >james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
> >
> >
> >
> >>>> "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> 10/10/2013
> >2:56 PM >>>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I was just sitting here having the "fun" of doing the monthly ritual of
> >installing patches on my Windows laptop.  Last Tuesday was the 2nd
> >Tuesday, patch day.  There were 23 this time.  Next, I get to have the
> >fun of replicating that procedure on my other computers and vm's,
> >which, all combined, is a fair number of machines.
> >
> >Linux Mint is not much better.  Since patches are continuously
> >released, it's not uncommon for me to patch Mint every time I boot it.
> >If I ignore either OS for a couple of months, it's not uncommon to have
> >to install almost 100 patches.
> >
> >Now, I think it's a good thing that the OS's are being kept as secure
> >as possible, assuming this is the best way we have to do this.
> >
> >Here's the contradiction I thought of.  My Android tablet NEVER gets
> >updated by Acer.  They did bump me from Honeycomb (Android 3.??) to Ice
> >Cream Sandwich (Android 4.??).  But, aside from that, as far as I know,
> >there are no updates.
> >
> >So, is it necessary to do all this patching or not?  If it is, why does
> >Android get left out in the cold?
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Ron
> >
> >
> >
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> Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail.
> Please excuse my potential brevity if I'm typing on the touch screen.
>
> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
> call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
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> quickly.)
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