Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 15:16:27 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: android phone backup NOT to google cloud question Message-ID: <20190516151627.8787997de9bbb56161b68bff@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <f52c25fd-4371-d694-1875-ed4b05a10fc0@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <ef24f206-e9a0-7cf8-1ca0-4fd2a087b5ba@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20190516100114.fcb08b7ba3ac1b5b5f16ed1c@sohara.org> <f52c25fd-4371-d694-1875-ed4b05a10fc0@kicp.uchicago.edu>
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On Thu, 16 May 2019 08:46:21 -0500 Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote: > Hm. Just went whole way: wiped it and flashed LineageOS. Though google Not a bad move at all. > code is still there in binary only "blob" of kernel, and likely in > proprietary binary drivers and components firmware, it feels good for > the moment. Barring unusual competence the kernel is most likely the stock open source Android (ie. Linux) kernel with a bunch of proprietary drivers for the chip set developed under NDA with the chipset maker - but it's compiled so you can't be sure of course. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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