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- Google improved its security for the Pixel 9 series.
- To tighten up the security, the company focused on securing the device’s baseband.
- The baseband has increasingly become a common attack vector by hackers.
With smartphones being such an important part of our lives, keeping them safe from security risks is essential. Among today’s flagship handsets, Google’s Pixel phone rivals the likes of Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S in terms of security. However, Google raised the bar in this area with the Pixel 9 series.
In a new blog post, Google discusses the vulnerabilities phones face and how it further tightened security with the Pixel 9 series. Specifically, the company made changes to the Pixel’s baseband.