Another way to leak traffic on Android has been discovered

56 pointsposted 12 hours ago
by mhitza
(mullvad.net)

4 Comments

nonamesleft

5 minutes ago

As a quick kludge use an USB-C wlan network adapter that lacks the functionality for this type of connection (albeit that won't help you with a cellular connection)?

exceptione

31 minutes ago

  > A proper fix would require changes in the Android system. The researcher who discovered the leak has reported the issue to the Android Vulnerability Reward Program, but according to the researcher the issue was closed without action. This issue is not public, but based on this information we deem it unlikely that Google will do anything about it. GrapheneOS is aware of the issue and are working on a fix.
If the account given by the researcher is correct, we cannot rule out that Google deliberately introduced or wanted to keep the leak in place.

jjav

3 minutes ago

> we cannot rule out that Google deliberately introduced or wanted to keep the leak in place

I'd say a lot stronger than "cannot rule out". Regardless of how it was introduced, if it is now known and the issue was closed without action, they are actively choosing to keep it.

aucisson_masque

3 hours ago

> This issue is not public, but based on this information we deem it unlikely that Google will do anything about it. GrapheneOS is aware of the issue and are working on a fix.

Good guy Google, as usual.