Feddinat0r@feddit.org to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agoMinimal Phone 2 will have unlocked bootloader and a rom without googlewww.kickstarter.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1111file-text
arrow-up1111external-linkMinimal Phone 2 will have unlocked bootloader and a rom without googlewww.kickstarter.comFeddinat0r@feddit.org to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareScott 🇨🇦🏴☠️@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up37·13 hours agoThe bootloader can be unlocked, doesn’t clarify if it can be relocked. An unlocked bootloader is a security problem. We have no information about the degoogled OS. What happens when an app needs Google Play Services? Does the OS have a Sandboxed version or microG? The project is too short on details for me to give an informed opinion.
minus-squaregrey_maniac@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 hours agoWhat apps need play services? I have been on completely degoogled phones for a couple of years, and haven’t really missed anything. What apps commonly piggyback play services nowadays?
minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoMost apps use Firebase for push notifications, for one.
minus-squareloutr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoMost apps use Firebase for push notifications, for one.
minus-squareTrollAccount69@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that if they had a lockable bootloader or sandbox they’d be saying so. Would be nice to be wrong though…
The bootloader can be unlocked, doesn’t clarify if it can be relocked. An unlocked bootloader is a security problem.
We have no information about the degoogled OS. What happens when an app needs Google Play Services? Does the OS have a Sandboxed version or microG?
The project is too short on details for me to give an informed opinion.
What apps need play services? I have been on completely degoogled phones for a couple of years, and haven’t really missed anything. What apps commonly piggyback play services nowadays?
Most apps use Firebase for push notifications, for one.
Most apps use Firebase for push notifications, for one.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that if they had a lockable bootloader or sandbox they’d be saying so.
Would be nice to be wrong though…