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submitted 1 year ago by NightOwl@lemmy.one to c/askandroid

Is it still safe to use as long as apps continue to be updated and is supported by the play store?

How long would you say someone could safely use an Android phone that no longer gets security updates for?

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[-] Im28xwa 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I believe this is highly dependent on 2 things:

  1. The user's internet habits and knowledge
  2. Who is targeting you

For someone like me a tech savvy person who practices good internet habits and is targeted at worst by crypto scammers and advertisers, I would say secure enough and looking at my circle of relatives and colleagues I would say it is still secure enough for the non techie people as I never heard of any of them getting hacked

My phone stopped receiving security updates from the vendor I believe in 2021 (running a custom ROM rn)

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