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Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by elric »

Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #96
elric wrote: post #83

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That's obviously a stupid move by those banks. And if you think so too, you should point it out to them. Your bank is unlikely to read HN (hah!), but they are commercial institutions and some of them might even listen to their customers.

No, this was actually a pretty reasonable and expected move on the part of the banks. They realized that providing code cards or code calculators to customers represented a expense that very few customers in our modern age were taking advantage of, and so they discontinued those programs. I love my LineageOS Android phone and I also own a PinePhone now, but come on, let's be reasonable and admit that we are so tiny a…

Sure, it's an expense, but it's one that provides actual security. Instead of this "it runs on a phone and google says it's secure"-nonsense. Banks know people's phones rarely get updated.

When I started using online banking in what must have been 1997 or so, I accessed the bank using a browser, client side certificate and a passphrase. It seems like ever since then, security has steadily declined in favour of "ease of use". Which rubs me the wrong way, because we really should have increased the ease of use of security instead!

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by LanternLight83 »

jlkuester7 wrote: post #82
BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #53

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The decay and death of CyanogenMod. Lineage never achieved the same level of accessibility. It always felt like you had to dig through a wasteland of forum posts for random "unofficial" builds where the camera wouldn't work or LTE wouldn't work or bluetooth wouldn't work or Snapchat wouldn't work.

Hmm, that has not been my experience with Lineage at all. Over the last couple of years I have flashed several devices with Lineage and it has always worked almost seamlessly. Maybe the difference is that these devices have mostly just been popular Nexus/Pixel with official builds. (Except for my Nexus 7 where I flashed an unofficial build since Lineage no longer official supports the greatest tablet ever made shakes…

From the article posted: >>> Build roster >>> Added 18.1 devices >>> Google Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi, Repartitioned)

Sure soujd like official support for 18.1 on the Nexus 7 is available! Commentors below note that the repartitioning process required for these newly supported versions can be tricky, but that doesn't scare me off, and I'll be taking to updating mine this weekend c:

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by jlkuester7 »

LanternLight83 wrote: post #102
jlkuester7 wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, that has not been my experience with Lineage at all. Over the last couple of years I have flashed several devices with Lineage and it has always worked almost seamlessly. Maybe the difference is that these devices have mostly just been popular Nexus/Pixel with official builds. (Except for my Nexus 7 where I flashed an unofficial build since Lineage no longer official supports the greatest tablet ever made shakes…

From the article posted: >>> Build roster >>> Added 18.1 devices >>> Google Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi, Repartitioned) Sure soujd like official support for 18.1 on the Nexus 7 is available! Commentors below note that the repartitioning process required for these newly supported versions can be tricky, but that doesn't scare me off, and I'll be taking to updating mine this weekend c:

Woah! Back by popular demand! That is awesome!

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by sumtechguy »

eptcyka wrote: post #84
skynet-9000 wrote: post #46

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You are forgetting that DRM stopped all that piracy that bankrupted the movie industry. That's also why there were so few movies released in the last 15 months or so. It really debunks that myth that open source software could ever handle the strong encryption that's so desperately needed to protect new movies and TV shows from showing up on The Pirate Bay. I for one welcome this cogent and secure technological respo…

Bankrupting? When has a Hollywood movie not been a massive success in viewership but a massive loss on the balance sheet? I wouldn't trust Hollywood accountants.

Even star wars was a failure.

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by Darmody »

I bought a Poco F3 because it is impossible to find any other decent brand with similar specs without paying twice as much.

The first thing I'll do as soon as there's a LineageOS ROM available is installing it and getting rid of all the crap the phone comes with.

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by skynet-9000 »

vorpalhex wrote: post #70
skynet-9000 wrote: post #46

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You are forgetting that DRM stopped all that piracy that bankrupted the movie industry. That's also why there were so few movies released in the last 15 months or so. It really debunks that myth that open source software could ever handle the strong encryption that's so desperately needed to protect new movies and TV shows from showing up on The Pirate Bay. I for one welcome this cogent and secure technological respo…

You're going to get so many responses missing your sarcasm.

True. :) but adding /s is not as much fun, especially on April 1st.

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by BarbaryCoast »

You know, when Google said Android 11 and up would require A/B firmware, I ditched my beloved OnePlus One, and bought a OnePlus 6 instead.

Now I see that the One is getting Android 11, but there's no sign of a build for the 6. It's probably coming, but I find it ironic that the phone that "wouldn't be supported" has a zero-day build, but the phone that _is_ supported doesn't have one (yet).

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by tandr »

BarbaryCoast wrote: post #108

You know, when Google said Android 11 and up would require A/B firmware, I ditched my beloved OnePlus One, and bought a OnePlus 6 instead. Now I see that the One is getting Android 11, but there's no sign of a build for the 6. It's probably coming, but I find it ironic that the phone that "wouldn't be supported" has a zero-day build, but the phone that _is_ supported doesn't have one (yet).

"One" is a matter of pride for the Lineage, as it was one of the phones that was originally shipped with Cyanogen (MOD?). So there is a community that continues to support it. (And I also think it is also a "f... you" statement to all of these who said "the hardware is too old to support newer versions of Android")

Re: LineageOS 18.1

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Post by skynet-9000 »

skynet-9000 wrote: post #46
tumblewit wrote: post #42

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DRM is a problem everywhere including linux and running ChromiumOS. There is a protected path from the stream to the display that needs to be "certified" in order to support something like 1080p. I guess for payments it's similar. Its really unnecessary and waste of resources imo. But creators probably want some kind of assurances and so we are stuck with it.

You are forgetting that DRM stopped all that piracy that bankrupted the movie industry. That's also why there were so few movies released in the last 15 months or so. It really debunks that myth that open source software could ever handle the strong encryption that's so desperately needed to protect new movies and TV shows from showing up on The Pirate Bay. I for one welcome this cogent and secure technological respo…

I'd like to take a moment and refute these silly arguments that I made.

> You are forgetting that DRM stopped all that piracy that bankrupted the movie industry. That's also why there were so few movies released in the last 15 months or so.

DRM didn't stop anything, and the movie industry is not bankrupt.

One could easily argue that there might be other reasons why few movies were released since the start of 2019.

> It really debunks that myth that open source software could ever handle the strong encryption that's so desperately needed to protect new movies and TV shows from showing up on The Pirate Bay.

The myth? Do you realize that literally every single web browser is built on an open source foundation? And how is decryption in the browser going to keep a determined person from grabbing the screen output or even grabbing the keys?

Remember, not your keys, not your lock.

> I for one welcome this cogent and secure technological response to a market issue.

Why would a technological response be appropriate for a market issue?

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