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Big tech security (piefed.europe.pub)

submitted 5 days ago by tfm@piefed.europe.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 97 points 4 days ago (1 children)

When they say security, they mean their own financial security.

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm almost certain that rooting is going to come back with a vengeance and we'll be doing ever so slightly more complicated workarounds. Fuck Google. I refuse to watch a YouTube ad or sponsor unless I directly consent to supporting that individual creator.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 12 points 4 days ago

I'll take that bet.

I am going to bet they come for Rooting next. Unlockable Bootloaders.

In fact they already have started

https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame