Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 5 months agoLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansandroid@lemmy.worldlineageos@lemmy.mlandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1477arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square102fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansandroid@lemmy.worldlineageos@lemmy.mlandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareDataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down2·5 months ago85 % probably have outdated firmware.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·edit-25 months agoThat 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-squareCanuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThe list of devices on Replicant OS is old and short. Proprietary blobs are a big issue for Android.
minus-squarelemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoWhy? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 months agoThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoThat’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85 % probably have outdated firmware.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.