Google caused a stir in the information-security industry this month by publicly disclosing flaws in the software of its rivals Apple and Microsoft. But now Google is itself taking heat for leaving two flaws in its own Android mobile operating system unpatched.
The first flaw, in the WebView component of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and older, will stay unpatched for "practical" reasons. The second, in Android's implementation of the Wi-Fi Direct protocol, may eventually receive a patch, but Google insists the bug is a low priority since it isn't as severe as its critics make it out to be.
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