• Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    not necessarily. Plenty of exploits do not rely on links or downloads, and there’s a whole class of “zero-click” exploits. Usually, such critical vulnerabilities are quickly patched. But after a system stops receiving updates, they can add up.

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      5 days ago

      I have an old perfectly functional android phone that I like to use for playing games.

      How would they know to target the phone?