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Arguable in it being "the best app for privacy". Can you link to a source which shows that phone numbers are not linked to accounts? (Why do they need them anyway?)

Signal Piracy group in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I didn't know that. Thanks

Signal Piracy group in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

TBH I would just use email over TOR and encrypt communication with PGP. Rotate identities every now and then and you should be fine. Yes it doesn't have forward secrecy but it removes the effort to find the "right messaging" service and is instead ubiquitous (and you can sign up for anonymous email addresses online too, which makes it even better).

Signal Piracy group in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Sure they don't log the IPs, but it is technically impossible to not know the IP when you're running a centralized service.

Signal Piracy group in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (37 children)

Good idea overall, unfortunately they still have your IP and phone number which means Europeans are still implicated

Xiaomi reveals SoC and battery details of Redmi Note 14 Pro+ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the US let them sell these here Samsung would be bankrupt in a matter of days.

I believe Xiaomi also lets you root their devices without doing an Asus on their customers

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The big ISPs should band together and fight the studios (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Imagine if Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Cox banded together for a showdown against the studios accusing them of liability? AT&T runs an NSA stronghold in Manhattan, they're not going to let their darlings go down in a teeny lawsuit like this. I really want to see this happening. Let them fight.

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Yams keeps giving out errors, and Lucida fails in the middle of the download (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What else is everyone using to get music? Other than Soulseek.

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General question on Android updates coming from desktop linux (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everybody,

I've been unable to make sense or gain better understanding of the Android update system, so I'm asking here.

Coming from the linux desktop, there's two main parts of the system: the kernel and the userland. I could simply update the kernel without updating userland and vice-versa.

But does it work the same way on Android? Why are we so dependent on OTA updates from the individual manufacturer? I understand that microcode is proprietary and can come only from the device manufacturer, but aren't kernel updates and userland decoupled from this (for devices which support project treble and GKI)? Can't I just run a different FOSS launcher, get the upstream GKI kernel and run it with the microcode offered by the manufacturer?

What consists of an Android "version"? Can't I just not update the microcode beyond what the manufacturer provides, and instead keep updating the kernel (by "kernel" I mean GKI and not the actual linux kernel) and userland and in essence keep updating my android version?

I'm probably missing some fundamental understanding of android here, which is why decided to ask here. Thanks for your help!

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Question on KernelSU (LKM) and updates (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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By now, most people in the custom ROM community must have already heard of KernelSU. I do think that it is worth the hype and is truly revolutionary, piggybacking on something I credit Google on (to some personal chagrin) - KMI.

The question I have is: when I attempt to install OTA updates to a device with KernelSU running as a Kernel module, will that affect KernelSU? Will I have to root again?