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This works now, but good luck in 10 years time when the radio chip requires a digital signature from the host OS signed by google or apple and your current phon
by hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago
This works now, but good luck in 10 years time when the radio chip requires a digital signature from the host OS signed by google or apple and your current phone is deprecated by 6g or whatever.
- userbinator 1y agowhen the radio chip requires a digital signature from the host OS signed by google or apple China will never let that happen.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago5 eyes governments would be able to mandate this to stop against the ‘persistent evils of China’
- codedokode 1y agoI remember, when DVD players were required to show mandatory, non-skippable sections of video, chinese players violated the standards and international agreements and allowed skipping those sections, and they also sometimes illegally ignored regional restrictions.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoI think times were different back then. Modern times are more like China selling Playstation 5’s with mod shops: to my knowledge, they currently don’t. Even if it ever becomes a thing the PS6 is only a few years away and will be even harder to break.
- realusername 1y agoThe irony, software freedom is now dependent on China.
- numpad0 1y agoGoogle, Apple, or CCP. Problem solved. I mean, the actual implementation will be that CCP signs Google DragonFly Global Root CA cert, and Apple runs Google signed firmware, but those are just minor implementation details.
- anonym29 1y agoMobile hotspot with a wireguard tunnel wrapping all traffic. Different RF bands (e.g. Starlink). Unauthorized private autonomous mesh networks. I don't care how hard they make it. I am never going to stop uncompromisingly exercising my right to absolute control over hardware I bought and paid for.