South Africa won’t succumb to pressure from the US to stop using Huawei Technologies Co. equipment on its networks, the the nation’s ambassador to the five-nation BRICS bloc said.
  • comradeRichard@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    I'd like to get my hands on a good Huawei device. I'm pretty deep in the G ecosystem but it wouldn't be the worst idea to use a device with a different baseband chip as has been stated. I just recently got my pixel 6 though 😩 I do plan on searching out a different type of device next time I upgrade though

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      I put LineageOS on my pixel and it works pretty well. I find it's a good compromise where you have access to Google ecosystem, but can start degoogling.

      • comradeRichard@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        I'm absolutely familiar with lineage and years ago cyanogenmod, I was always a fan. But oh my goodness last time I was playing with lineage was right when they were switching over, back in my OnePlus One says.

  • WayeeCool@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    If I were south africa, I would trust devices built around Chinese baseband modems over those built around US/Korean baseband modems.

    The US and FiveEyes paranoia being spread isn't just projection due to what they themselves are doing but because everyone using their baseband modems is something their intelligence agencies rely on to monitor other nations. When people use Chinese baseband modems, the US loses that access. It is undeniable at this point that the US natsec apparatus mandates baseband modems be backdoored (have been found in Samsung and Qualcomm modems), there is a reason it is the one part of all wireless devices that's a black box with a closed source embedded operating system totally separate and opaque from the device the modem is installed in.