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Re:The privacy trade-offs of cheap Android smartphones by phil9987 on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:54AM (#21178442)
I think we can't assume that these people have access to a computer, which is necessary to be able to root it. In the article the author refers to "smartphone only users" who can barely afford a 17$ smartphone. Even if there was a service available in their region which offers rooting Android devices, a lot of people might not afford to do so.
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Re:The privacy trade-offs of cheap Android smartphones by pmlnr on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:56AM (#21178448)
Same people who sell it could root it.

In the UK, removing carrier lock is legal, and nearly all mobile corners stores can do it.

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Re:The privacy trade-offs of cheap Android smartphones by SmellyGeekBoy on Monday October 07, 2019 @04:55AM (#21178745)
To be fair, I don't think most contract phones sold in the UK even have the carrier lock enabled in the first place.
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