Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 11:43:07 -0500 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: android phone backup NOT to google cloud question Message-ID: <a919f15f-f7c3-59fe-2872-6902ba466149@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20190516151627.8787997de9bbb56161b68bff@sohara.org> References: <ef24f206-e9a0-7cf8-1ca0-4fd2a087b5ba@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20190516100114.fcb08b7ba3ac1b5b5f16ed1c@sohara.org> <f52c25fd-4371-d694-1875-ed4b05a10fc0@kicp.uchicago.edu> <20190516151627.8787997de9bbb56161b68bff@sohara.org>
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On 2019-05-16 09:16, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > 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 Yes, but if my memory serves me, apart from binary proprietary device drives android kernel based on Linux kernel contains big chunk of google proprietary code which no one would dare to reverse engineer to publish what in general it does. (or they will end up in: # - prison). That is what I meant. Valeri > for > the chip set developed under NDA with the chipset maker - but it's compiled > so you can't be sure of course. > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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