• exdor@programming.dev
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    1 day ago

    Yeah and they are insecure and probably have very short and incomplete software updates

    Phones are sadly not general purpose computers

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      23 hours ago

      If they’re insecure then there is an easy way to exploit it to root/flash it with a better OS if that wasn’t already possible. Not everyone wants to drop $900 on a hunk of plastic.

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        18 hours ago

        It is easier to break something than to reverse engineer drivers and firmware and maintain yourself XD

        Also, firmware updates need to be signed so it is impossible to update, unless there is a really bad vulnerability

        And you can buy phones used, my most expensive one was under 400€