My pixel 2 is still going strong, released in 2017, only 5 years old… the lack of security updates makes it unsuitable for daily use. It’s my take to the pool and leave on my towel while swimming phone now.
I actually only bought my V20 new-in-box a couple of years ago, to replace my Pixel 2. This Pixel 2 was in perfect condition except that its battery wouldn’t hold a charge anymore. Since it was the second phone I was replacing for that reason, I decided that I would be stubborn and refuse to buy any phone without a replaceable battery. So here I am…
With lineage os getting updates, it’s the hardware device drivers that are at risk… I can’t tell you how unsecure they are, I can just tell you no product ever created is perfectly secure, and with more time exploits are found. This applies to phones as well. Not to mention the chip manufacturers tend to use the same cores on multiple devices. So there’s many researchers looking at those different cores to find exploit
My pixel 2 is still going strong, released in 2017, only 5 years old… the lack of security updates makes it unsuitable for daily use. It’s my take to the pool and leave on my towel while swimming phone now.
I actually only bought my V20 new-in-box a couple of years ago, to replace my Pixel 2. This Pixel 2 was in perfect condition except that its battery wouldn’t hold a charge anymore. Since it was the second phone I was replacing for that reason, I decided that I would be stubborn and refuse to buy any phone without a replaceable battery. So here I am…
(How unsecure is an old Android phone, anyway?)
With lineage os getting updates, it’s the hardware device drivers that are at risk… I can’t tell you how unsecure they are, I can just tell you no product ever created is perfectly secure, and with more time exploits are found. This applies to phones as well. Not to mention the chip manufacturers tend to use the same cores on multiple devices. So there’s many researchers looking at those different cores to find exploit
I.e.
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2023/03/multiple-internet-to-baseband-remote-rce.html
I can’t use Lineage on my V20 since it doesn’t work with the proprietary drivers for the only antenna on the thing that Verizon still supports.