• harmbugler@piefed.social
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      6 hours ago

      We need real choice of operating system when buying phones. The situation is far worse then Windows bundling Internet Explorer and they actually took action on that.

        • faintwhenfree@lemmus.org
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          What governments should be requiring is, making bootloader unlockable and making firmware for all antennas, camera and buttons public. Realistically I think it’s too much to hope from any government.

          That being said this Sanchar Sarthi app doesn’t look so bad at a glance. Looks like a okay ish attempt at giving population tools to fight identity theft and phishing/scamming with some questionable success. Also the app supposedly doesn’t collect any data.

          • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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            Thought is good, but if life has taught me anything it’s that it’s only a matter of time until someone new takes over and uses it for their nefarious purposes. Forcing it is never a good option, it should be opt in