LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanslineageos@lemmy.mlandroid@lemdro.id Blaze ( @Blaze@lemmy.zip ) Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 9 months ago message-square52fedilinkarrow-up1277
arrow-up1277external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.com Blaze ( @Blaze@lemmy.zip ) Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 9 months ago message-square52fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanslineageos@lemmy.mlandroid@lemdro.id
minus-square Dataprolet ( @dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish26•9 months ago85 % probably have outdated firmware.
minus-square Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-29 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-square lemmytellyousomething ( @lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoWhy? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-square Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish18•9 months agoThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-square Pantherina ( @Pantherina@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoI dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-square Possibly linux ( @possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 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85 % probably have outdated firmware.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.
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.