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That's seriously crazy. A Linux exploit that works on Linux.
This shit is from May and doesn't do a whole lot in most environments/on it's own.
Exploits were always there - hopefully unintentional/ non malicious intent
Just surfaced recently thanks to AI
Lots of attack surface and lots of energy (human and AI) being spent trying to break it.
Use iOS. All Chinese phones contain malware, including Xiaomi.
Well, Android does use the Linux kernel, and this vulnerability applies to the
futex()system call that is pretty universal.LLMs.
A vulnerability is not malware, and iOS is not free of vulnerabilities either.
No system is free of vulnerabilities, but all Chinese ones have backdoors and pre-installed malware.
You can cherry-pick kernel common from grapheneos, they patched it 1 months ago if you phone vendor have moral to given kernel source code.
lol
I'm certainly not saying that this never happened or won't happen in the future but as a blanket statement it's kinda questionable in my opinion. I fully agree in regards to the risk though. If you are conscious about your security you better don't use any kind of black box device at all - no matter who built them where.
take it easy, they put more effort on domestic affairs.
Many chinese phone user stopped update their phone and finding the method to root their phone.
For now almost all chinese phone can't unlock Bootloader except Oneplus(But they want to close it)
I unlocked my Xiaomi phone shortly after receiving it, years ago, and run LineageOS on it.
And as a bonus get lots of problems with NFC. Oh, yes as a cherry on the cake if maintainer lost interest, you stuck with this shit on your phone, today, when CVE publish every day and goverment want know about you more and more, it's bad way, I believe.
I did the same, but after few months of playing with that switched to Pixel and happy with that. And now f*king xiaomi and vivo makes more and more troubles with bootloader.
PS I don't understand why I can't install AOSP on my phone and have full functionality (like on my PC). Why google decide is my device safety for my usage or not in ultimatum form, instead just warn me. They thinking lock my wallet on cashier is better for me, this is f*king nonsense.
Because they don't care about your safety. At best they care about the reputation of their brand. What they very much care about though is lock-in and you not being able to look too closely at what they are actually doing. Nailing your phone shut is very helpful in that regard.
As far as PCs are concerned: Expect the ability install systems at will to go away there too over the next couple years or at least prepare to run into the same problems as you did with your phone. You can install stuff but you won't really be able to do anything. The groundwork is already there and it's just a question of time.
If you want autonomy over your devices modern technology will become more and more a no-go. In the end practically no one will stop using anything though. A handful people will complain a couple of times and from there on it's business as usual. There is zero hope for any kind of relevant push back.
I've never used NFC, so I can't speak to that. My Xiaomi phone is officially supported by LineageOS, though, and gets weekly updates. I use MicroG with it, without all the google apps.
I do understand Xiaomi have been making it more difficult to unlock newer phones, though, which is unfortunate.
So, I recently bought an "Honor" brand phone from a local market. I was surprised when I first booted it up, checked for system updates and the system was already "up to date". Still, to this date, it assures me it's "up to date". It's never had a software update downloaded.
I don't have the device handy at the moment but I'm curious to see if there is a date of the latest "Magic OS" release or whatever weird Chinese OS shit it's running.
Daily driver remains a Pixel w/ GrapheneOS but unfortunately you can only have two SIMs active at once. New phone was needed for SIM #3.