Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.4 Tree

Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by heavyset_go on Monday October 19, 2020 @10:20AM (#24826594)

Rooting phones or installing strange ROMs from XDA-Developers isn't something normal users are capable of.

If I buy a LG phone, can I install the Samsung or Huawei store and use the features that the Play Store has without rooting my phone or using a weird ROM?

Why is it that if I want to use an app store that works on every Android device like F-Droid, I need to root my phone to have some feature parity with the Play Store?

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Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by izacus on Monday October 19, 2020 @10:32AM (#24826717)

> Why is it that if I want to use an app store that works on every Android device like F-Droid, I need to root my phone to have some feature parity with the Play Store?

Because silently replacing software on your phone is a very problematic safety vector.

To the point where Apple doesn't allow granting that to anyone ever.

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Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by komali2 on Monday October 19, 2020 @10:55AM (#24826909)

Why can't I decide to turn off that security "feature" on the computer I bought?

Why can't I do what I want with my computer???

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Re:Google Adds WireGuard VPN to Android 12’s Linux Kernel 5.... by dariusj18 on Monday October 19, 2020 @01:10PM (#24828434)

Sometimes security features are a blunt hammer and it takes time to develop a more nuanced solution. And if it's everything as reported, Android 12 will include this ability.

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