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Looks like a massive vulnerability has been discovered, basically affecting any apps with web browsing functionality. Was interested in seeing how this affects Sync (including the old Sync for Reddit app I guess too, which is still being used out there and won't get any needed security patches).

It sounds like a fix should be in the Android OS security patch for October, but not sure if that protects individual apps at risk still

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the explanation! Hopefully that's the case here then with Sync. Still hoping @[email protected] can confirm one way or another.