This debacle is just jaw dropping. It's bad enough they released such a serious bug into the wild. But then as the article says, at least four different safety nets all failed to stop their malware from corrupting customer devices. That's some serious systemic failure. Multi-systemic.
> Android has dual system partitions so that you always have a backup if the device fails to boot after an update, but ...
> The company shipped a quick-fix patch via Google Play System Updates in the Play Store, but ...
> Android is supposed to have a data backup system for apps, but ...
> Google usually rolls updates out slowly so it can pull them if issues like this pop up to minimize damage. That didn't happen here, though
> Android has dual system partitions so that you always have a backup if the device fails to boot after an update, but ...
> The company shipped a quick-fix patch via Google Play System Updates in the Play Store, but ...
> Android is supposed to have a data backup system for apps, but ...
> Google usually rolls updates out slowly so it can pull them if issues like this pop up to minimize damage. That didn't happen here, though