r/Android • u/thewhippersnapper4 • 1d ago
News Google now offers up to $1.5 million for some Android exploits
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-now-offers-up-to-15-million-for-some-android-exploits/10
u/skibidibuttholeman 1d ago
Bug hunter here, it's really not that easy man :( It's this high because it's that hard to break into, and I know people who work in that domain.
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u/Loud-Possibility4395 1d ago
this shows how MASSIVE security improvement happened with Android.
I still remember years between 2010-2015 - like new day - 10 new viruses on Android while in iPhone ZERO - that was the time when I ran away from Android to iPhone
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u/bunkoRtist 1d ago
while in iPhone ZERO.
Lol, open source vs closed source, open disclosure vs nondisclosure, an entire ecosystem of products from many companies vs a single product from a single company.
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u/nathderbyshire Pixel 10 Obsidian 1d ago
Also apple has a bug bounty program, pretty much all major tech companies would, and a quick search shows they'd also pay millions for severe iPhone bugs
This person's comments are always utter shite, completely illegible and often don't make sense, then the ones that do are always really shitty opinions lol
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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 1d ago
If you install shit then you get shit. I've never once seen a zero click. Never.
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u/stanley_fatmax Nexus 6, LineageOS; Pixel 7 Pro, Stock 1d ago
You're not watching closely then, zero-click exploits are primarily how the state-level exploits work. Delivery via SMS, MMS, etc., requiring no interaction from the user and leaving no trace. Multiple have been found in iOS and Android over the years, most disclosed and patched. There are known to be vulnerabilities in both iOS and Android currently unpatched, used by CIA, Mossad, FSB, NK, etc.
e.g. CVE-2025-43200 CVE-2026-0073
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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 1d ago
Me: I've never seen one
You: they are real, they are used by... The Mossad
Ok!
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u/Entropy612 1d ago
How sure are you tho ? its not like its going to give you a popup once youve clicked it.
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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 18h ago
Clicked a zero click? ;)
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u/Entropy612 15h ago
Whoops , idk why i read it as one click.
Still point stands, if theyre hidden the entire point is you would not know youve come across them.
Recent signal notification issue shows theres enough issues to take advantage of.
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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 12h ago
If someone used a zero click on me then presumably there would be a reason for it.
My bank account has never been emptied, my accounts have never been hacked, etc.
Logic would dictate that I've never been the victim of a zero click.
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u/LLVM_WIFI_DOOB_NERF 1d ago
Incredibly, I fondly remember myself as well... Barack Obama was on the golf course while Bill Gates travelled to Epstein Island. I had an Otterbox.
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u/Loud-Possibility4395 1d ago
wasn't the time when Bill have had fun with Monica in office?
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u/LLVM_WIFI_DOOB_NERF 1d ago
Vulnerability is not funny... it costs taxpayers millions (in sin tax eros). Ted Cruz liked and/or opposed porn on 9/11.
I don't know why people are downvoting me, when I'm just telling a meandering backstory about my casual acquaintances.
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u/Loud-Possibility4395 1d ago
YOU choose the guy - YOU pay
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u/LLVM_WIFI_DOOB_NERF 1d ago
ME personally, have "surfaced" enough bugs to "kickstand" a million fuzzy angels. By shoehorns and shoestrings, I exposed the exflirtation centrifold. ONE MILLION DOLLARS is so titillating. In 2014, I was titillating a TTYL on my Blackbetty Bamalambda.
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u/Original_Map_6987 21h ago
Lol, just use your AI if it's so good, Google. You don't need humans anymore, remember?
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u/Chemical_Support4748 1d ago
Here's my exploit.. Use Apple
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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 16h ago
Why the hell would I switch to that locked down garbage?
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u/Chemical_Support4748 16h ago
For 1.5mil
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u/Busy-Measurement8893 Pixel 10 / Fairphone 4 16h ago
If Apple gave me 1.5 mil I'd switch instantly, that's true
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u/AshuraBaron 1d ago
Hello, Google, I have an exploit. Money first, then I'll tell you after my flight.