wraggster
November 6th, 2015, 21:57
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/7f4e1aa1974d1f7809e579bace17cd24/202924190/blackberry-priv-angle.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/05/blackberry-priv-speedy-security-updates/)
Multiple Android phone makers are promising (http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/07/lg-stagefright-monthly-security-updates/) monthly security updates, (http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/05/samsung-montly-android-security-fixes/) but there's a big gotcha: they typically have to get approval from carriers, which means you'll wait weeks before those updates arrive. BlackBerry won't be making that compromise with the Priv (http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/02/atandt-will-be-the-first-us-carrier-to-offer-blackberrys-priv/), however. It's not only planning to deliver monthly security updates, but won't always have to go through carriers to do it -- the company claims it can "directly patch" every Priv model, even if it's locked to a specific network. The smartphone maker will work with its partners on pushing fixes when it can, but it'll skip the queue and deliver an out-of-cycle patch if there's a major vulnerability (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/01/stagefright-bug-now-spreads-through-malicious-audio-files/).
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/05/blackberry-priv-speedy-security-updates/
Multiple Android phone makers are promising (http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/07/lg-stagefright-monthly-security-updates/) monthly security updates, (http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/05/samsung-montly-android-security-fixes/) but there's a big gotcha: they typically have to get approval from carriers, which means you'll wait weeks before those updates arrive. BlackBerry won't be making that compromise with the Priv (http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/02/atandt-will-be-the-first-us-carrier-to-offer-blackberrys-priv/), however. It's not only planning to deliver monthly security updates, but won't always have to go through carriers to do it -- the company claims it can "directly patch" every Priv model, even if it's locked to a specific network. The smartphone maker will work with its partners on pushing fixes when it can, but it'll skip the queue and deliver an out-of-cycle patch if there's a major vulnerability (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/01/stagefright-bug-now-spreads-through-malicious-audio-files/).
http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/05/blackberry-priv-speedy-security-updates/