GOOGLE HAS NO PLAN TO FIX A BUG
Android smartphones and tablets running older versions like the 4.3 or below, are now going to have to live with security defect as Google has no intention of fixing it.
Google has no plan to fix a bug
According to report by ‘The wall street Journal’, Google is no longer fixing insects in the default browsers for Android versions 4.3 and earlier. This covers roughly 2/3rd of the billion plus Android devices in use, according to the Google, but some users might have downloaded different, updatable browsers.
The main reason why the company is unwilling to fix the error is because it feels that it is no longer possible to safely scrap susceptible Android versions of 4.3 and below. Solving the problem would involve several code lines which would in turn create massive issues, especially for the developers as they make uncountable tweaks to an Android operating system every few days.
Regrettably, as small percentage of Android devices run on an Android 4.4 KitKat and barely 0.1 percent run on recently launched Android lollipop, that leaves larger lump faithful to an older Jelly Bean version.
The effect of having such large number of users on an Android 4.3 leaves them susceptible to hackers who target a millions of the smartphones and tablets every year. Adrian Ludwig, head of an Android security mentioned in a Google+ post that, Keeping the software up to date is one of the greatest challenges in security. He added that as the browser app is based on version of the WebKit browser engine that is now more than 2 years old, fixing the susceptibility in an Android Jelly Bean and earlier versions is no longer sensible to do safely.
The report by ‘Wall Street Journal’ also pointed out that the users of older Android phones generally can not upgrade their operating software wholesale unless the update is offered by device maker or wireless provider.
Contradictory, earlier reports suggest that Google had exposed new errors in Microsofts’ Windows 7 and 8.1. The company has exposed two errors, one of which allows attackers to pretend to be user and decrypt data on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines. The second susceptibility allows attackers to imitate user and access the machines’ power functions. This security error affects only Windows 7.
Google has no plan to fix a bug
