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minus-squareClaidheamh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoWhy not? Some of the easiest bootloaders to unlock in the smartphone market are in chinese phones.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoBecause China is bad about backdooring everything.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWell the US isn’t nearly as has or obvious as far as I can tell. Cell phones as a whole a problematic but we can at least limit the damage
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThe US came up with that kind of surveillance, as Snowden has shown us… From an outside perspective they seem just as bad, if not worse than China.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWell the US doesn’t backdoor motherboards to my knowledge. China on the other hand puts literal backdoors on motherboards You could try to argue that Intel ME is a backdoor but to my knowledge its only hypothetical with no use in the wild.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoPerhaps, but I’m still not going to buy Chinese phones
Why not? Some of the easiest bootloaders to unlock in the smartphone market are in chinese phones.
Because China is bad about backdooring everything.
so is the US
Well the US isn’t nearly as has or obvious as far as I can tell. Cell phones as a whole a problematic but we can at least limit the damage
The US came up with that kind of surveillance, as Snowden has shown us… From an outside perspective they seem just as bad, if not worse than China.
Well the US doesn’t backdoor motherboards to my knowledge. China on the other hand puts literal backdoors on motherboards
You could try to argue that Intel ME is a backdoor but to my knowledge its only hypothetical with no use in the wild.
You are incredibly naïve
Perhaps, but I’m still not going to buy Chinese phones