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by padde 3207 days ago
Agreed. And just checked - my Samsung Galaxy S8 is vulnerable, no update available. Thanks Samsung!

This one will get nasty...

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Well, I've been meaning to root mine and flash crDroid... This is certainly the final push.

They state 10% of all Android devices are vulnerable and won't get patches, and since the vulnearbility is arguably wormable I can't see how these devices will stay clean.

Does keeping the BlueTooth radio turned off help here?
I have the same question -- I turned off the Bluetooth radio on my phone the day I got it, and I've never turned it back on. But does that mean the radio is actually powered down, or is the phone blocking Bluetooth at a higher level? Similarly, or possibly the same question, is an rfkill soft block adequate for a laptop with bluetooth?
On a laptop, if you want to be sure, you can at least do `sudo modprobe -r btusb` (or whatever your particular chipset's BT driver is called).
A very good point -- that's definitely better than rfkill.
At this point in time buying Samsung is just a bad decision. Have you checked out custom ROMs?
I got the August security update yesterday - how do I check if I'm vulnerable?
Thanks. Yep, the S8+ updated yesterday is vulnerable.
On other hand. My MiBox 3 suddenly received update.