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Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst... by lukan on Thursday November 28, 2024 @05:34AM (#42264166)
"But I also would agree that this is exotic hardware."

No shit. How is the current state btw?

I suppose still not ready to be a daily driver to replace my normal phone?

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Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst... by ri0t on Thursday November 28, 2024 @07:52AM (#42264874)
> I suppose still not ready to be a daily driver to replace my normal phone?

I'd say that depends on your definition of daily driver and/or how much compromises you're willing to take. I occasionally see members at my larger hackerspace running around with those or other seemingly "unfit" hardware and not complain too much about it ;)

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Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonst... by megous on Thursday November 28, 2024 @06:23PM (#42269361)
Kernel is in "maintenance and focussed on upstreaming" mode for a few years already, after getting nearly full HW support about 2-3 years ago.

As for phone feature, reliability of that depends on reliability of firmware of the modem, which was always shaky.

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