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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by HDMI_Cable on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @10:52AM (#26316569)
Well you could always take the battery out of a flip phone.
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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by fsflover on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @10:59AM (#26316654)
But can you be sure there is no second battery?
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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by jtvjan on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @11:46AM (#26317232)
At that point, you can argue that you can't be sure whether the kill switches would actually turn off the radios.
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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by fsflover on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @12:18PM (#26317663)
The schematics of the GNU/Linux phone is available.
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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by mendelmaleh on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @03:57PM (#26320599)
That's like trusting a service because they released some source code.
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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by fsflover on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @04:36PM (#26321192)
It's not trusting, it's verifying. Just like with a source code.
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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by mendelmaleh on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @04:52PM (#26321414)
My point is that you can't verify it, because you don't control manufacturing. Just like you can't verify that the server is running the open source code.
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Re:Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the ... by fsflover on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @03:23AM (#26325971)
Maybe I can't verify those things, but a lot of people can and if anyone finds anything suspicious, they will make a lot of noise and everyone will know. This is how community verification works. It adds additional verification procedure, thus making everything in general more secure.

If you really need to be sure, you can also hire a professional and they will verify that for you, too. Try to do that with iPhone software and hardware.

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