Although Android itself is open source, a lot of the firmware needed for the hardware to work is closed source. One example is the modem, which usually can only be isolated from the system because it has very complex firmware. More about this can be found on the website of Replicant, a fully free Android distribution: https://replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
Awesome. I knew Google was up to some fuckery, I just didn't know exactly what, where, and how. The modem makes a lot of sense, seeing as that's where they would do their nefarious communications scraping for whoever wants it. Thanks for the link to Replicant, this looks really interesting :af-heart:
Although Android itself is open source, a lot of the firmware needed for the hardware to work is closed source. One example is the modem, which usually can only be isolated from the system because it has very complex firmware. More about this can be found on the website of Replicant, a fully free Android distribution: https://replicant.us/freedom-privacy-security-issues.php
Awesome. I knew Google was up to some fuckery, I just didn't know exactly what, where, and how. The modem makes a lot of sense, seeing as that's where they would do their nefarious communications scraping for whoever wants it. Thanks for the link to Replicant, this looks really interesting :af-heart: