[Cialug] Android security

[Stuart Thiessen]

I thought I would ask here after seeing your comments about Android security since I am not 100% certain from what I can find on the net. Do any of you know if the HTC Hero is limited to 2.1 or below? I am currently on 1.5, but I have not yet explored how to do what you are suggesting here.

On Jan 19, 2011, at 15:33 , Josh More wrote:

> I do not believe that it is patched in 6.1.x.  At least, it's not mentioned in the release notes:  http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Release_Notes#6.1.2
> 
> Personally, I am using Firefox and waiting for 7 to hit RC1 status (which is coming soon). 
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> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of Jeffrey Ollie [jeff at ocjtech.us]
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> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Android security
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> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Josh More
> <MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
>> [points at TJ Vance]
>> 
>> More seriously, I'm not an expert in this.  I am using CyanogenMod because TJ said it was good, and he was right.  I care more about running a securable and stable Linux system than taking full advantage of everything.  For me, a rooted phone with DroidWall, AndGuard, LookOut and AdFree is sufficient.  I'd like a solid boot-time encryption solution too, but haven't found one yet.
> 
> I'm running CyanogenMod as well.  CM 6.1.2 is based upon Android 2.2.1
> - have the CM devs included the patch for the browser in that version?
> Or are they too focused on CM7?
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