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Android leaks keepalive packets past its VPN kill switch
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Android leaks keepalive packets past its VPN kill switch

Android VPN lockdown leaks NAT-T keepalive packets on UDP 4500 outside the tunnel. Why the kill switch is partial and how to verify egress off-device.

GrapheneOS Android 17 degrades every exploit primitive
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GrapheneOS Android 17 degrades every exploit primitive

GrapheneOS's Android 17 port: how sync MTE, hardened_malloc, and a hardened kernel degrade mobile exploit chains-and why failed attempts are the loudest telemetry.

Meta ships ADB-enabled firmware to deprecated Portals
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Meta ships ADB-enabled firmware to deprecated Portals

Meta deprecated Portal devices with ADB enabled and patches stopped. Unpatched Android cameras and microphones now sit as permanent network exposure.