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Yeah the security patches are still worth thinking about. There was a Media Framework bug that needed nothing but a PNG on your phone to get RCE and there was a bug with the bluetooth stack this year which also could achieve RCE when your bluetooth was turned on and an attacker knew the BSSID

PNGs are easy to send and in times of Contact Tracing via Bluetooth... well there are certain risks to running unpatched

Apps may be getting security updates, but when was the last time that the version of Android it's running was patched?

Isn’t that the point though? Your phone works perfectly, shouldn’t it still receive OS updates?

Didn't we recently learn that only Android 10 prevents background apps from constantly watching the contents of the clipboard?