This was apparently already patched in AOSP in October and if you use GrapheneOS and opted into security preview updates, you're already covered.

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker/issues/9024

From Google "Third-party stores are insecure" and "We won't fix VPN bugs in all Android versions."

Classic Google ignoring devices people still use that are bootloader locked meaning you can't even update them to a secure OS even if you wanted to. And allowing vendors to prevent phones from getting security updates. The phone industry is a total scam.

So you buy a new one every 2 years.

damn they should really stop making all these new vulnerabilities

So what is in the SMS

A bomb

The imposter from among us.

why do people still buy android

Because the only usable alternative is worse.

Sure, because iOS never had this same vulnerability 🤣

Yes, it had the weird symbol that would crash the phone if somebody sent it to you. That was 2024 https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/21/crash-iphone-by-typing-these-letters/

Or that weird image that would also crash the phone. Not sure the year of that.

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