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Re:Google shifting to “upstream first” Linux kernel approach... by mixedCase on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:30AM (#28628842)
Xiaomi phones are the gold standard of price/performance where I live and their bootloader can be unlocked.
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Re:Google shifting to “upstream first” Linux kernel approach... by kibwen on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:44AM (#28629035)
Obligatory reminder of the state surveillance and censorship baked into Xiaomi products: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28616683
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Re:Google shifting to “upstream first” Linux kernel approach... by GravitasFailure on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:17AM (#28629496)
If you can swap the device OS with something more trustworthy, does any of that matter or is there evidence that the hardware itself is untrustworthy?
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Re:Google shifting to “upstream first” Linux kernel approach... by summm on Thursday September 23, 2021 @05:38PM (#28635839)
It is not only about hardware. Lineageos re-uses binaries from the original image. The modem still runs original binaries. The bootloader is also original. Plenty of space to hide backdoors, possibly disguised as bugs.
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Re:Google shifting to “upstream first” Linux kernel approach... by GravitasFailure on Thursday September 23, 2021 @10:46PM (#28638097)
Oh, I knew the modem issue but not that they were reusing binaries. Thanks.
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