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The binary blobs are not part of Android at all. And Sailfish OS doesn't solve the problem of binary blobs as well.
by pedroaraujo 9y ago
The binary blobs are not part of Android at all. And Sailfish OS doesn't solve the problem of binary blobs as well.
- squarefoot 9y agoClosed device drivers aren't part of Android, but are part of any working installation of Android. Name one device which can run Android and can call itself 100% open. Of course Sailfish doesn't solve that problem, neither does Linux, BSD or whatever. I wasn't making a pissing contest between operating system (which is likely what trigger happy downvoters got) but simply stating a sad fact: closed device drivers are the best place to put spyware on and get 100% success, period. They can't be audited, they can't be uninstalled, they always run and they have maximum privileges. If I'm wrong (and trust me, I hope so) I want facts proving it.