OEMpocalypse: Unprivileged Android app to root on Samsung, Xiaomi, others

Apple makes $200B per year from selling the iPhone alone. Plus the services they sell on it, plus deals like the one with Google, plus app store ads, plus cross-selling of other hardware ...

I have one too.

Not because I like the hardware too much. Pixel phones are much nicer, they don't wobble when you put them on a table. Not because I like the software too much. Android is much more to my liking with more freedom to customize it.

But because I have the feeling Apple takes security more seriously.

I wish there was some kind of security arena like there is LLM arena for AI. That gives hard facts about the security track record of phone manufacturers.

Re: OEMpocalypse: Unprivileged Android app to root on Samsung, Xiaomi, others

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Post by CGamesPlay » Mon, Sep 14, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC

ArtTimeInvestor wrote: post #9

A good security track record must be the most valuable company asset in history. Apple makes $200B per year from selling the iPhone alone. Plus the services they sell on it, plus deals like the one with Google, plus app store ads, plus cross-selling of other hardware ... I have one too. Not because I like the hardware too much. Pixel phones are much nicer, they don't wobble when you put them on a table. Not because I…

https://mashable.com/article/high-sierra-password-fix-apple-...

> In the simplest of terms, with the bug, if you created a new APFS (Apple File System) encrypted volume on High Sierra, and set anything at all as the password hint, then your password was stored as the hint. In plain text.