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YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot
- jqpabc123 4y agoGoogle has lots of tricks for remotely changing how a phone works, like the ability to disable or enable code paths without pushing an update. You may have possession of the hardware but Google is the real owner of it.
- jotato 4y agoSo in other words, a feature flag? Widely used trick - if you want to call it that - in software
- jqpabc123 4y agoGoogle's remote capabilities and control over your Android phone extend well beyond a "flag". https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-installs-massachusetts-massnotify-android-covid-app/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-...
- red-iron-pine 4y agoPixels are the easiest phones to slap a different image on. Get LineageOS on there, or whatever random and shady software you download off of XDA-Devs.
- kevviiinn 4y agoOr even better: grapheneos
- Yeahsureok 4y agoModern pixels only got the ability to run lineageos a week ago. https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-adds-support-for-pixel-6-pixel-7/ https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-add...
- fyloraspit 4y agoThat's only true if you continue to use their software
- jqpabc123 4y agoWhich means it is true in the overwhelming majority of cases. Personally, I use e/OS/.
- gbro3n 4y agoThis is like the Janet Jackson song that crashed Windows Laptops, and even other laptops in proximity due to resonant frequencies in the song affecting hard drives: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=106994 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=10... Rhythm Nation (https://amzn.to/3Zc4QNc https://amzn.to/3Zc4QNc) was the song!