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What are the dangers of an out of date phone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I found out that my mom is using an older phone that serves her just fine, but last recieved updates in 2021.

Realistically, how dangerous is this? What are the scenarios that could potentially happen with a phone that out of date?

She may be open to something like lineage OS, but I don't want to make her phone less familiar for her, which would be harder to use. She is not very techy but also not fearful of a little tinkering. I don't live near her so she will not have anyone knowledgeable to troubleshoot if the need arises.

I'm not a infosec person at ALL so I genuinely don't know what she is exposed to.

Let me know if I should post this in another community instead.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lineage is good, but may not have updates for the particlar phone, but it may be newer than 2021. If she can afford a new phone at some point, get a Pixel, flash GrapheneOS on it, it can be setup to access all the google stuff if you like; main feature is 5 years of updates are guaranteed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

7 years for the newer models.