Monday, March 20
Daily News Stuff 20 March 2023
Pest Toast Edition
Pest Toast Edition
Top Story
- There's a teeny tiny bug in the Samsung Exynos chipsets used in some minor, unpopular devices, like Google's Pixel 6 and 7, Samsung's S22 and various mid-range models, and the Galaxy Watch 4 and 5. (Ars Technica)
The teeny tiny problem it presents is that people can hack your phone simply by calling it.
Or your watch.
Oops.
I've noticed I've been receiving a lot of spam calls to my mobile phone recently. Fortunately it doesn't use a Samsung chipset. I also have a Samsung phone but it's safely powered off right now.
If you have a Pixel 7 there's a fix right now so you just need to grab the latest update. If you have a Pixel 6 you're fucked: The solution is to turn off WiFi calling and voice-over-LTE, but Google in its infinite wisdom doesn't let you do that.
Tech News
- There is no tech news today. There just isn't.
Disclaimer: And when I say there is none, well I mean there is some.
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