BlazetoAndroid@lemdro.idEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.idLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices(9to5google.com)external-linkarrow-up1491arrow-down111message-square102fedilink
arrow-up1480arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices(9to5google.com)BlazetoAndroid@lemdro.idEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.idmessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareDataproletEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·8 months agolinkfedilink85 % probably have outdated firmware.
minus-squarePossibly linuxEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down0·8 months agoedit-28 months agolinkfedilinkThat number probably higher. However that changes nothing as we can’t control proprietary firmware blobs. Honestly there is no way of knowing anything about the security of those blobs. Firmware vendors can do whatever they want.
minus-squareCanuckEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThe list of devices on Replicant OS is old and short. Proprietary blobs are a big issue for Android.
minus-squarelemmytellyousomethingEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkWhy? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-squarePossibly linuxEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-squarePantherinaEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkI dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-squarePossibly linuxEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThat’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.
85 % probably have outdated firmware.
That number probably higher. However that changes nothing as we can’t control proprietary firmware blobs.
Honestly there is no way of knowing anything about the security of those blobs. Firmware vendors can do whatever they want.
The list of devices on Replicant OS is old and short. Proprietary blobs are a big issue for Android.
Why? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
I dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too.
Yeah, really bad.
That’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.