YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot (arstechnica.com) 16 points by leephillips 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] jqpabc123 3y ago ↗ Google has lots of tricks for remotely changing how a phone works, like the ability to disable or enable code paths without pushing an update.You may have possession of the hardware but Google is the real owner of it. [–] jotato 3y ago ↗ So in other words, a feature flag? Widely used trick - if you want to call it that - in software [–] jqpabc123 3y ago ↗ Google's remote capabilities and control over your Android phone extend well beyond a "flag".https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-... [–] red-iron-pine 3y ago ↗ Pixels are the easiest phones to slap a different image on. Get LineageOS on there, or whatever random and shady software you download off of XDA-Devs. [–] kevviiinn 3y ago ↗ Or even better: grapheneos [–] Yeahsureok 3y ago ↗ Modern pixels only got the ability to run lineageos a week ago.https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-add... [–] fyloraspit 3y ago ↗ That's only true if you continue to use their software [–] jqpabc123 3y ago ↗ Which means it is true in the overwhelming majority of cases.Personally, I use e/OS/.
[–] jotato 3y ago ↗ So in other words, a feature flag? Widely used trick - if you want to call it that - in software [–] jqpabc123 3y ago ↗ Google's remote capabilities and control over your Android phone extend well beyond a "flag".https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-...
[–] jqpabc123 3y ago ↗ Google's remote capabilities and control over your Android phone extend well beyond a "flag".https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-...
[–] red-iron-pine 3y ago ↗ Pixels are the easiest phones to slap a different image on. Get LineageOS on there, or whatever random and shady software you download off of XDA-Devs. [–] kevviiinn 3y ago ↗ Or even better: grapheneos [–] Yeahsureok 3y ago ↗ Modern pixels only got the ability to run lineageos a week ago.https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-add...
[–] Yeahsureok 3y ago ↗ Modern pixels only got the ability to run lineageos a week ago.https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-add...
[–] fyloraspit 3y ago ↗ That's only true if you continue to use their software [–] jqpabc123 3y ago ↗ Which means it is true in the overwhelming majority of cases.Personally, I use e/OS/.
[–] jqpabc123 3y ago ↗ Which means it is true in the overwhelming majority of cases.Personally, I use e/OS/.
[–] gbro3n 3y ago ↗ This is like the Janet Jackson song that crashed Windows Laptops, and even other laptops in proximity due to resonant frequencies in the song affecting hard drives: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=10... Rhythm Nation (https://amzn.to/3Zc4QNc) was the song!
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 38.5 ms ] threadYou may have possession of the hardware but Google is the real owner of it.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-...
https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-add...
Personally, I use e/OS/.