Comment by ozgrakkurt
20 days ago
I can buy a computer, disable secure boot, install linux and then do w/e I want.
Same can be true for phones?
20 days ago
I can buy a computer, disable secure boot, install linux and then do w/e I want.
Same can be true for phones?
But I want" secure boot. It makes me* safer.
For the same reason I relock bootloader after flashing alternative Android flavour on my phone.
You didn't write the code for the bios, nor could you.
There's always a degree to which the manufacturer has to.
What about Coreboot/Libreboot?
https://www.coreboot.org/
https://libreboot.org/
Even with Coreboot on anything vaguely modern, there is a 'Management Engine' or 'Platform Security Processor' you can't practically control. On the better understood Intel versions, this is running a full MINIX 3 operating system and controls the network card in ways the BIOS and operating system root cannot monitor. It runs a significant amount of code; with hardware obfuscation that has not yet been broken.
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Sorry, no banking for you then.
No traditional banking at your parts? Actually I am informed those at your site can provide more services (more open) than the banks I have around now.
But here, no, only some bad players require a smartphone and an account to OS providers to make the bank account work.
I'm holding on to my rolling token generator like it is made of gold, they won't give me another one and force me to use their app. But the app requires a non-rooted phone or it will refuse to function. I've already asked them to give me a free phone just like they gave me a free token generator. So far no dice. Oh, and better still, for large transactions you are not allowed to use the phone app.
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Pretty sure this would boost fintech/blockchain apps even more vs. using banks directly, if it ever happened.
Even now, I don't really use a bank app for 90% of my needs.