soisses

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   by soisses 3mo ago

   The reasoning blocks are only temporarily part of the context. They aren't part of the context in the next turn anymore so (2) wouldn't really be an issue.
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   by soisses 11y ago

   > I presume the second bug they were using was an already-fixed kernel bug That's true, @jduck confirmed that on twitter. It's an old, fixed, bug that has nothing to do with stagefright and could be exploited by every app on th
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   by soisses 11y ago

   There isn't much in the list that applications like Hangout or Chrome don't have anyway. It's still a very serious vulnerability, but the overstating is just clever marketing by a security company.
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   by soisses 11y ago

   The stagefright bugs gave control over the media-player daemon of Android. This daemon is not running as root, it's even jailed with SELinux, but it has some interesting permissions like microphone-access. Despite the media hype you ca
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   by soisses 11y ago

   Right, we saw some of bypasses like this lately. And I believe we'll see more, because we add more and more features to the lock-screens.
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   iOS 9 allows access to photos and contacts on a passcode locked iPhone(idownloadblog.com)

   15 points by soisses 11y ago|5 comments
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   by soisses 11y ago

   Seems photos are accessible with a new iOS9 flaw: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/09/20/ios-9-access-photos-... How can this be, if they are encrypted while the phone is locked?