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		oceansky 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 74% of European firms would fail without access to... Could Google brick Android phones remotely in theory?

bossyTeacher 18 days ago | [–]

A single OTA update would brick most phones in a couple of weeks. Taking advantage of any of the many zero day exploits would enable them to brick most phones in a matter of hours.

qrios 18 days ago | [–]

Via certificate invalidation, or turning off services for certificate pinning?

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