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0 pointsaaomidi2y ago0 comments

You’re not getting the updated proprietary blobs for the chips.

You’re just getting an updated OS.

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tourmalinetaco2y ago· 1 in thread

Which is better than nothing.

gettodachoppa2y ago

It's better than almost anything else. I don't understand you people worried about driver bugs in a smartphone.

Facebook isn't going to deploy malware to my phone using Whatsapp, MS isn't going to do that using Outlook, Google isn't going to do that through Google Maps. Everything I used is either by a reputable developer, or open-source from F-Droid.

The only way I'm getting malware is if they manage to: 1) exploit a bug in my up-to-date web browser, 2) bug #1 is used to exploit a bug in the hardware driver. Oh, and of course, since I only visit reputable sites, I'm never exposed to malware. I'd have better odds of winning the lottery.

jqpabc1232y ago

You’re just getting an updated OS.

Which is where most security issues are found and/or mitigated.

Unless a hacker has physical possession of the device, access to these blobs generally runs through the OS.

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