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I remember having used jailbreaks years before I even knew how to use the terminal. Adding one untrusted source here and another untrusted source there, downloa

I remember having used jailbreaks years before I even knew how to use the terminal. Adding one untrusted source here and another untrusted source there, download some package from some shady forum, on public wifi with root:alpine... Oh boy, what security risk we took only to change the default font of the system...

josephcsible 6y ago
Keep in mind that the only reason you had to jailbreak to do that was because of Apple's "security" measures.
- wil421 6y ago
  How is flashing any random android ROM any riskier than jail breaking? It’s surely easier but not much safer.
  - xd1936 6y ago
    You don't need to in order to get the same level of customizability
  - djeiasbsbo 6y ago
    Well, it's moreso about even having the possibility to do so. Building AOSP from source and flashing it on my own device seems more "secure" than using your device vendors distribution. But this is out of the question with closed source proprietary software like iOS running on hardware with a closed down bootloader.
    - pkage 6y ago
      It's kind of a moot point with more and more android phones being produced with a locked-down bootloader as well—preventing any kind of OS upgrade after the manufacturer abandons it after a year (or 18 months if you're lucky).
    - o-__-o 6y ago
      You act like drivers for certain hardware is available by default in AOSP. I still have a Galaxy S4 that will never see a recent release because the Broadcom drivers do not exist. Some hacks were made but reduced the usability of the phone (rear camera stopped working for example). Great that it enabled a hidden audio equalizer but I can’t video chat or take pictures now :/
  - SulfurHexaFluri 6y ago
    You typically didn't flash any random rom. You would pick one from a trusted source like cyanogenmod which would mostly be the upstream android with a few modifications which were visible on the github page.

josephcsible 6y ago

Keep in mind that the only reason you had to jailbreak to do that was because of Apple's "security" measures.

wil421 6y ago
How is flashing any random android ROM any riskier than jail breaking? It’s surely easier but not much safer.
- xd1936 6y ago
  You don't need to in order to get the same level of customizability
- djeiasbsbo 6y ago
  Well, it's moreso about even having the possibility to do so. Building AOSP from source and flashing it on my own device seems more "secure" than using your device vendors distribution. But this is out of the question with closed source proprietary software like iOS running on hardware with a closed down bootloader.
  - pkage 6y ago
    It's kind of a moot point with more and more android phones being produced with a locked-down bootloader as well—preventing any kind of OS upgrade after the manufacturer abandons it after a year (or 18 months if you're lucky).
  - o-__-o 6y ago
    You act like drivers for certain hardware is available by default in AOSP. I still have a Galaxy S4 that will never see a recent release because the Broadcom drivers do not exist. Some hacks were made but reduced the usability of the phone (rear camera stopped working for example). Great that it enabled a hidden audio equalizer but I can’t video chat or take pictures now :/
- SulfurHexaFluri 6y ago
  You typically didn't flash any random rom. You would pick one from a trusted source like cyanogenmod which would mostly be the upstream android with a few modifications which were visible on the github page.