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by fsflover 9mo ago
Never heard anything about "driver stabilization" before, and couldn't find anything confirming that it exists. In my understanding, the longer some piece of software is used, the higher the probability that a vulnerability
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Thus can never be viable. Instead, the companies should open-source obsolete products allowing community support.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
This is not at all what I wrote. I wrote that with proprietary drivers, you're always at the risk of being vulnerable with no recourse.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Vulnerabilities are found in drivers all the time.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Good call. It seems this is just one way to run it, https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Hybris . Another way is to run mainline kernel, which is currently supported by few devices, including Librem 5, Pinephone, Fairphon
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by fsflover 9mo ago
AFAIK none of them can run GNU/Linux natively: only on top of Android.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
The update is exactly why I put 2024 to the title. Also, one issue got solved and many others remain unsolved.
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Apple OSes Are Insecure by Design to Aid Surveillance (2024)(sneak.berlin)
13 points by fsflover 9mo ago|3 comments
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> The point is that there is no need to restrain yourself to cope with its limitations, because for more than a decade there have been much better alternatives. Where are those alternatives? Which phones with a better CPU can run GNU&#x2
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Specs do not show the whole pucture: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/ Librem 5 is my daily driver btw.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Linux phones already exist: Librem 5 and Pinephone.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Somehow your list misses Librem 5, which is more powerful than others, although not as powerful as the Nexphone will.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> It's not running Debian baremetal -- what would have been amazing and a reason to buy. So you may be interested in Librem 5, which does exactly this.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
This is why my daily driver is https://qubes-os.org
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by fsflover 9mo ago
They do not dominate the development Like MS for Windows. Independent people from all over the world review their contribution. This is a small problem related to other things. Also, Qubes OS exists.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Telegram desktop app works flawlessly on Mobian, PureOS, postmarketOS though. Whatsapp web version can be used, too. > So you need some way to run Android apps... which is totally possible, but at that point why not just use Android? Per
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> I value computing freedom above all. So perhaps you should consider switching to GNU/Linux phones.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> alternatives to Google/Apple duopoly on mobile. Link: https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/ This is far from the only alternative. There are also Mobian, PureOS, postmarketOS and more. Unlike Ubuntu Touch, they allow you t
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Apart from self-hosting, you can choose a non-big-corp email service, which happens more often. Quite a few of my emails never get to big corps.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Yes, this is exactly why I'm trying to spread the word about it, and everyone that cares should join.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> That link you provided is a "conspiracy theory," even by the author's own admission. "Conspiracy theory" is not the same as a crazy, crackhead theory. See: Endward Snowden. Full quote from the article: > Min
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Unless the bank forces SafetyNet, I can run the app with Waydroid. I switched banks when I had that problem.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> * iPhone and Android being the only 2 choice when it comes to phones Not exactly true. Sent from my Librem 5.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> "Apple lies about a fundamental security practice consistently and with malice" Uploading passwords to the cloud should count. Also this: https://sneak.berlin/20231005/apple-operating-system-surveil...
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by fsflover 9mo ago
You mean, trust and reputation of Apple? They're not exactly high: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45520407 https://news.ycombinator.com&#x
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by fsflover 9mo ago
Perhaps Lemmy may count based on distributed ActivityPub protocol with some servers in Europe.
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Ask HN: Which Matrix and Mastodon servers are you using and why?
5 points by fsflover 9mo ago|2 comments
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by fsflover 9mo ago
See also: Qubes OS, which is a desktop OS based on virtualization, https://qubes-os.org
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by fsflover 9mo ago
> Are you against using an Android (or LineageOS) emulator to do so? 1. It's annoying and inconvenient. 2. It's the result of an artificial restriction by Moxie, for which I can't see any good reason, making me suspicious.
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by fsflover 9mo ago
It required to scan the QR code from a "mobile" app last time I tried. (You really have a lot of free time to write unsubstantiated dismissals to all my posts.)

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