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		Qwertious on Oct 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android devices with backdoored firmware found in ... Are the whole of HN complaining about the existing implementation of this feature on Android? We don't need to speculate about how HN "would" respond.

throwaway290 on Oct 12, 2023 [–]

Nobody is whining because this message is pure security theater. It can be removed by the very same rootkit that "unlocks" your bootloader. The message would have to be unremovable to be useful and if Apple does that the whining starts.

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