Is it so difficult to have a separate phone for gov & bank apps only?

zb3 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We can't let Google get away with bundling their spyware in the name of security into a phone we must now have..

It's NOT ok that a government app (often practically mandatory) requires the user to accept some invasive ToS of a foreign corporation maintaining an illegal monopoly.

Requiring attestation doesn't mean Google spyware should be unremovable without breaking it, Google's business model should not be mandated by the law.

	▲	izacus 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		So is there anyone else out there attesting device firmware and ensuring they're secure?
	▲	charcircuit 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's not a law to only trust Google's attestations.

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lomase 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Difficult? Not at all, but it annoying at least.

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like_any_other 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The problem is not that it's difficult, the problem is that it makes phones that are not locked against their users commercially dead - a money losing venture for any manufacturer. Because most people simply won't bother with two phones.

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rolph 7 hours ago | parent [-]

but what if,the two phones could be packed into one?

it would be a little thicker, you would need 2 of some components.

switch between phones like switching workspace?

	▲	netsharc 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ha, a phone with a KVM (1) although without the K or M: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch Or this 90's hardware oddity that combined Mac and PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6b4lYOI0GQ (skip to 8:00 to see it in action). I wonder if dual-booting is possible, with the boot-loader loading the bootloader that's been "blessed" by Google's certification priests to boot the "certified virginal" phone.

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xboxnolifes 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

yes