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Re:No One Cares About the Security of Unlocked Android Phones by brazzledazzle on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:40AM (#12975582)
Why would Mediatek go through the trouble of changing the socket instead of removing the backdoor?
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Re:No One Cares About the Security of Unlocked Android Phones by moyta on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:53AM (#12975999)
They want this data, and they know Google will let them get away with it. Just like how they segment SOCs based on what version of Android they support for each SOC, so if you want Android 6 or kernel 3.10, your paying for a higher end chipset.
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Re:No One Cares About the Security of Unlocked Android Phones by dogma1138 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:06AM (#12975723)
Central.gov and the ministry of information probably asked them kindly.
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