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Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by kuratkull on Friday August 06, 2021 @04:22AM (#28084535)
I have an unlocked Xiaomi loaded with Lineage OS and Magisk, all the apps work - banking, Netflix, you name it.
Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by d110af5ccf on Friday August 06, 2021 @05:24AM (#28084916)
That is likely to change in the near future. Hardware attestation of bootloader state is increasingly available. This is currently bypassed by pretending to be an older device that doesn't possess that capability. As long as device bootloaders continue to differentiate between stock and custom OS signing keys it won't be possible to bypass SafetyNet.
Re:Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens ... by kuratkull on Saturday August 07, 2021 @03:58AM (#28096743)
Yeah, it seems you are right. I haven't been actively tracking the custom ROM market, but it seems Google is trying really hard to achieve widespread hardware attestation. Or they could just be waiting until all the old devices are off the market, so all of the "Hardware attestation: Unsupported" response cases can be marked as UnlockedBootloader with great confidence.