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Re:A Message to Our Customers by fixermark on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @10:22AM (#11118389)
I can't disagree with your point of view; I merely point out that a world where everyone who wants a secure smartphone needs to own their own smartphone factory isn't a very practical world.
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Re:A Message to Our Customers by em3rgent0rdr on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:19PM (#11121490)
Only needs to have access to software source code, and presumably a way to verify the binaries match. Not an entire factory.
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Re:A Message to Our Customers by HappyTypist on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @05:25PM (#11122000)
They also need to verify the hardware does what it's supposed to do, and the CPU doesn't have secret opcodes.
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