New submitter devoid42 writes:Multiple news outlets — ArsTechnica and The Verge — report that Apple is restricting updates to Telegram app across the globe. The outage comes at a time when the Russian government has instructed Apple to ban the secure message app. No response from Apple as to the reason, though preventing security updates globally in response to one countrie’s request seems quite a miss judgement, one can argue.

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Source: Slashdot – Telegram CEO Claims Apple Has ‘Prevented’ App Updates Globally Since April

Samsung will not be forced to update the software on its mobile phones for years after their release, after it won a court case in the Netherlands. From a report: A consumer association had argued that Samsung should update its phones for at least four years after they go on sale. Regular software updates can address security problems but older models do not typically receive all the latest updates.
However, the court rejected the association’s claims. Samsung produces some of the world’s best-selling mobile phones running Google’s Android operating system. Google regularly produces software updates that address newly discovered security flaws, and offers these to phone manufacturers such as Samsung. It is often up to the phone manufacturer to distribute the update to its customers. Consumer group Consumentenbond said Samsung was not distributing updates in a “timely” manner. Samsung said it guaranteed consumers in the Netherlands would get software updates for two years after a handset first went on sale in the country. The court ruled in Samsung’s favour and said the claims made by Consumentenbond were “inadmissible” because they related to “future acts.”

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Source: Slashdot – Samsung Won’t Be Forced To Update Old Smartphones