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Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug

arstechnica.com Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug

After ignoring the issue tracker for 10 days, Google is getting its act together.

Android Development @programming.dev Google promises a rescue patch for Android 14’s “ransomware” bug

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

The bug has been assigned to someone now, and Googlers have jumped into the thread to make official statements that Google is looking into the matter.

Depending on the device, this issue can result in the primary user being unable to access media storage.

To check if a Google Play system update is available for your device, follow the instructions in this Help Center article.

If your device is stuck in a "Pixel is starting" boot loop due to this issue, we are investigating methods that may be able to recover some data.

Child users are probably the most popular reason to use this feature since you can lock kids out of things, like purchasing apps.

A factory reset has always been a solution that fixes the problem, but that will also erase all your data, and some people understandably don't want to do that.

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Android is better than iOS Haha

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- It's 2023 and we're still doing this? It's pretty obvious neither is objectively better, stop being so loyal to companies and their products.
  
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  It’s pretty obvious neither is objectively better
  
  This is kind of sad because it didn't used to be the case because Android was miles ahead of iOS back in the day, likely because its development was driven by a healthy mix of many OEMs and the FOSS community.
  
  Now its just a java version of Google's copy of iOS that just so happens to run on the linux kernel.
  
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  They keep each other entertained though, it's fun watching brand lovers go at each other.
  
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  It's 2023 and we're still doing this?
  
  It's 2023 and Hamas and Israel are blowing each other up in an idealogical war. You're the one who has been living under delusion. Humanity is the same it was a thousand years ago. Just because you're banging iphones instead of rocks doesn't mean you're not the same monkey brained caveman, only with way less chest hair.
  
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  Like you and android? ;)
  
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- https://www.bitsight.com/blog/apple-vulnerabilities-cisa-known-exploited-vulnerabilities
  
  iOS has its issues.
  
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- As an iPhone user, it is true. There are things I like about iOS specifically that prompted my move from Android but overall stock Android is a better, more configurable, modern OS.
  
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  What are the “things”
  
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- Do iPhones even have a way to add multiple users yet? Last time I checked there was no option, but I haven't bothered for a while, so did they finally add that?
  
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  I’ve never considered multiple users on a phone to be a feature I’d ever use. Interesting concept I guess.
  
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  And when Google added it, it became accidental ransomware, locking them out of their system?
  
  I'm not sure how this is a good argument. "Yeah, well, that thing that Google just released that's totally fucking broken, really badly. Does the iPhone even have the same thing?"
  
  No, last I checked, the iPhone doesn't have an option for multiple users that results in an a ransomware-like-outcome.
  
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