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[–] be4foss@floss.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] edison23@witter.cz 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@be4foss @kde @fsfe Thanks for the link. The info there _is_ useful but I don't think it addresses the main issue with flashing (and thus upcycling with free SW) Android phones - it's very complicated, risky, and you forfeit the ability to use the phone for banking and such because the apps only support Android/iOS. And yes, I realize it's not within the powers of the FOSS devs to solve this; I guess they'd have to be EU/US government lol :/

[–] jdoe@freeradical.zone 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@edison23 @be4foss @kde @fsfe Interesting! Just yesterday, I was contemplating the use of banking apps on mobile devices. Then my thoughts materialized into this: https://freeradical.zone/@jdoe/112519866801858421

[–] edison23@witter.cz 1 points 6 months ago

@jdoe @be4foss @kde @fsfe That's valid. Biometrics are an evil authentication method, yet oh so comfortable… but you're right, of course.