Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
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Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#2Well that's horrifying, can't wait for Samsung to disable my phone because I went on vacation to Cancun...
Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#3That's messed up. I have generally preferred Samsung products,too.
10-15 years ago, when I had a lot more free time, I used to put CyanogenMod on my phones and play around with that.
Are there any good open source mobile OS around these days?
Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#4That's messed up. I have generally preferred Samsung products,too. 10-15 years ago, when I had a lot more free time, I used to put CyanogenMod on my phones and play around with that. Are there any good open source mobile OS around these days?
LineageOS replaced CyanogenMod.
And don't buy a phone from Aliexpress in Mexico....
Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#5We need a law, and that"s coming from a libertarian.
If the owner of a hardware device is using it, that person has total control over the device. Nothing can be blocked. Nothing can be hidden. All data must be available in plain language. That owner/user should have the right to inspect and modify everything in the device in plain language.
With today's memory / storage capacities and with today's LLMs, that should be easily implemented by starting over and reprogramming everything.
Maybe I should fork a few FOSS products and build this in.
Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#6Frankly, I can't imagine a reason not to buy an iPhone instead of whatever Android device happens to be around besides ideological differences.
The customer experience is so vastly superior to these bloatware filled, borderline spyware Samsung/Xiamoi/OnePlus devices.
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Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#8That's messed up. I have generally preferred Samsung products,too. 10-15 years ago, when I had a lot more free time, I used to put CyanogenMod on my phones and play around with that. Are there any good open source mobile OS around these days?
GrapheneOS, but it only supports recent Pixel devices: https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices
Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#9Frankly, I can't imagine a reason not to buy an iPhone instead of whatever Android device happens to be around besides ideological differences. The customer experience is so vastly superior to these bloatware filled, borderline spyware Samsung/Xiamoi/OnePlus devices.
What Samsung did is actually more of an Apple move.
Total control, even the source shop of your phone.
Re: Samsung disables customer phones remotely, holds data hostage [video]
#10Well that's horrifying, can't wait for Samsung to disable my phone because I went on vacation to Cancun...
That was the first thing I wondered; how will they avoid this? Let's say I'm going there for an extended trip and decide to get a local SIM card. Will my phone just go poof?