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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by rationalist on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @11:09PM (#47242945)
One has to be careful when flying. Your flight's origin or destination might not be in China, and may not even be through Chinese airspace, but if there is an in-flight emergency, an airport in China might be the closest landing spot.
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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by iso-logi on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @12:27AM (#47243450)
Occasionally, they'll "stage" an in-flight emergency, forcing a landing in China and arrest you.

The US invented it.

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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by margalabargala on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @12:59AM (#47243665)
This isn't something the average random GrapheneOS user needs to worry about.

Doing this has a non negligible political cost. They would only do it for a high value target. If you're that person, you're presumably aware.

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Re:Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable... by rationalist on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:44AM (#47247313)
The person(s)* this has happened to, was/were not aware.

* I only recall one news report of this happening years ago.

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