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"3 billion" devices with multiple vulnerabilities that sound like RCE via things like video playback with "fixing them requires a long chain of communication between many vendors, manufacturers and resellers" sounds like a total disaster to me. Many (most?) Android phones in use will never see an update!
The only way is to buy a phone without Qualcomm processors, that leaves the option of poor Exynos, or the much better Mediatek and Kirin chips.
Yeah, until someone looks at their "security" :D
Well, these Black Hat guys do look at the security of non Qualcomm devices, it seems.
https://github.com/secmob/TiYunZong-An-Exploit-Chain-to-Remotely-Root-Modern-Android-Devices/raw/master/us-20-Gong-TiYunZong-An-Exploit-Chain-to-Remotely-Root-Modern-Android-Devices.pdf
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