So what if it is? Replace the stock OS with GrapheneOS and it doesn’t matter who manufactures the phone.
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jobbies@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Isn’t Motorola basically Chinese?
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Except we know hardware backdoors are a thing.
Brummbaer@pawb.social 4 weeks ago
The whole mobile ecosystem is a giant hardware backdoor on every phone. I think it’s too late now to change anything on that level.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
theoretically you should be right but there’s software hidden in the hardware that you can’t uninstall or modify that could (hypothetically) be surveilling you. like in the networking equipment that’s inside the phone.
realistically, i think the chances for that happening are actually very low, also because the networking firmware could only see your encrypted data packets, but it could still figure out the IP addresses that you communicate with. i’d rate it a none/low risk level.
bagsy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No one knows what is in the broadcom 5g blobs, it could have all sorts of nefarious shit which it most likely does. Its too easy and tempting of a target for some government not to bribe their way in.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Better than the alternatives at this rate, unless there is an EU alternative.
KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Fairphone, Nothing, or Shift would have been my preferred options. But anything non Google is a plus.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Fairphone is meh.
Neat idea but lackluster execution.Is there any phone besides the Pixel or iPhone (I will never buy Samsung), that has a comparable camera performance?
KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
I have a FP6 and I’m very happy with it, haven’t had any issues with their hardware
Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Got my first google phone and I am disappointed. Just wanted a good camera had to get into bed with the devil
thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
It is owned by Lenovo, make of that what you will.
Google is also basically American. Make of that what you will.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I don’t need two data siphons on my phone draining battery /j :p
dynamoMaus@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
I want the full stack lenovo linux compatibility. Motorola for phones, lenovo for everything else.