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Re:Review: Copperhead OS by seba_dos1 on Friday December 29, 2017 @07:16PM (#16032972)
The newer version of signature spoofing patch (included in microG's LineageOS fork) allows you to control the spoofing and make sure that it's only used when necessary and permitted, so I'd say the answer is "no".
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Re:Review: Copperhead OS by craftyguy on Friday December 29, 2017 @09:57PM (#16033567)
Interesting. I know the microG folks tried to upstream a patch to Cyanogenmod, which the devs shot down almost immediately.. So you're saying that the microG folks are now maintaining a fork of LineageOS? If it's not tracking VERY closely to upstream LineageOS, then it's probably not worth it.
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Re:Review: Copperhead OS by seba_dos1 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @08:37AM (#16035169)
https://lineage.microg.org/ - tracking very closely, just adding the spoofing patch and preinstalling microG, F-Droid etc.
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Re:Review: Copperhead OS by floatboth on Saturday December 30, 2017 @06:22AM (#16034792)
IIRC all the spoofing patches required a special app permission to spoof.
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Re:Review: Copperhead OS by seba_dos1 on Saturday December 30, 2017 @08:39AM (#16035178)
IIRC the newer version requires the app to not only have the permission, but also be installed as a system app, so you can't install it accidentally.
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