Given the compromised found in Android recently and being something I've thought about quite a bit.
"Most" Roms seem to be very rarely updated and if you're using a provider like Straight talk you probably don't get updates anyways.
So, I'm quite curious how Security vulnerabilities are handled? I doubt the Roms are so different that they prevent these flaws from occurring. I'd have to imagine roms may very well introduce new ones.
My thoughts on what the community can do.
I'm not a developer and frankly I'm not into the loop as well as I can be. But, I typically use older phones that aren't getting the support the newer ones are. So, being in the loop of some stuff was never a big concern of mine.
Anyways, first off I'm curious about a security auditing group. A group that can go through the most popular roms of each phone and determine if there are any security concerns. Then this group can offer a label or signing of some kind saying the rom passed the inspection.
Roms like Hyperdrive that have a ton of unique tweaks. Well to me when you are adding and removing things I would naturally assume you probably adding security flaws about as much as you'd remove them.
Security and Privacy is a concern we all have. I imagine that's part of why many people switch to Roms as they remove certain privacy issues and security vulnerabilities.
But, honestly in the community what do we have that really tells us about the security situation of roms and what may be affected by recently discovered issues in Android itself?
Things can legitimately make a rom useless and even a concern to use if it's severe enough.
What about newer people coming in and they start using a rom that's affected?
Thoughts?
Thanks