NameTaken2
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Jan 15, 2014
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Interesting that the several responses from posters using phones with suspended security updates had no first-hand experience for that resulting in being hacked. Also, not even a response from anyone who knows someone who had their phone hacked.
Main goal of OP was to gain perspective on the actual level of risk taken by continuing to use a phone with expired security updates. At this point the above, along with no references/links provided to news or research supporting that this risk should be considered generally unacceptable, continues to support my perception that the the higher risk for the many phones in use with expired security updates is generally not great enough to be worth the cost of replacing the phone.
And, as noted in the thread, replacing the phone is a personal decision based on risk tolerance.
Main goal of OP was to gain perspective on the actual level of risk taken by continuing to use a phone with expired security updates. At this point the above, along with no references/links provided to news or research supporting that this risk should be considered generally unacceptable, continues to support my perception that the the higher risk for the many phones in use with expired security updates is generally not great enough to be worth the cost of replacing the phone.
And, as noted in the thread, replacing the phone is a personal decision based on risk tolerance.