Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust
by folkrav on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:17PM
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I think OP's point was that Google/Android don't have much to do with OEMs choosing to update their older devices or not.
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Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust
by tadfisher on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:16PM
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They do, actually, via the Open Handset Alliance and Google Play. They are tied by what Qualcomm is willing to deliver in their BSPs, and that's basically 2 years of Linux LTS kernels. So the minimum support level is 3 years; two Android versions and one year of security patches.
Samsung and Google can do 5 years of support because of Exynos/Tensor, and Samsung basically spends the money to support older Qualcomm devices themselves.
Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust
by thrdbndndn on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @12:36AM
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Lots (probably even a majority, if we do headcount) of Android phones don't give a fuck about Open Handset Alliance or having Google Play frameworks installed at all.
Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust
by KingMachiavelli on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @04:39AM
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Supposedly newer Snapdragon chips should get 4 years of security and Android OS compatibility from Qualcomm. I wonder when that 4 years starts because if it takes a year for phones to use a new chip, then it's still more like 3 years.
https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2020/12/qualcomm-and-...