What's the consensus on "most secure" version of Android / most secure Android phone? Or is that an oxymoron, and Android just isn't secure?

[jhansman]

The paranoia and FUD expressed here is hilarious if not a little sad. Relax. No one is after your damn phone. You're probably as likely to get struck by lightning as you are have some big bad hacker read all your sexts or whatever the fear is.

Use a VPN in public places and don't be a purposeful nitwit with your device (visiting suspect web locations doing illegal things ) and you'll be fine.

Amen, brother. My wife is still rocking a Galaxy S5 (sigh) and loves it. It's probably one of the best devices Samsung has yet made, but secure? She hasn't had an update in years, and no harm has come to it. It's more likely to die of old age than to be struck by some evil hack.