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Camera, removable battery and X% chance of having a preinstalled rootkit (e.g. [0]). It's better to pay a bit more in order to have peace of mind. [0] https://
by yyyk 7y ago
Camera, removable battery and X% chance of having a preinstalled rootkit (e.g. [0]). It's better to pay a bit more in order to have peace of mind.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/powerful-backdoorrootkit-found-preinstalled-on-3-million-android-phones/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/power...
- mrandish 7y agoNot a problem if you plan to wipe and root the phone yourself.
- _underfl0w_ 7y agoLooks like that could be mitigated by just flashing a new firmware. LineageOS (formerly CyanogenMod) has a long list of supported devices these days. Booting something more open source seems like a good idea for a long-running security camera app, as opposed to closed-source stock Android builds.
- yyyk 7y agoLineageOS is great, but I doubt it supports many $20 phones. Porting is done by volunteers - people who buy cheap phones are unlikely to make the effort. Also, in theory a rootkit could go into the embedded firmware or use a closed source kernel module. In fairness, that's not a big threat yet - cheap devices tend to get cheap rootkits...