Microsoft in 2022: All your old computers are too unsecure to run our new flagship windows OS.
Microsoft in 2026: Vibecoded kernel & cybersecurity, YOLO!
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Microsoft in 2022: All your old computers are too unsecure to run our new flagship windows OS.
Microsoft in 2026: Vibecoded kernel & cybersecurity, YOLO!
@nazokiyoubinbou @Razemix @FifiSch @grote Okay, I'm sorry, but you can't really say that installing LineageOS is easy and "just a few clicks". For most people that. Is. Not. Easy. I've installed it on three different OnePlus phones and one Samsung tablet and that was an extremely conscious effort. You need to read the documentation really carefully and know what to ignore in it. Installing the SDK is not self-explanatory, you have to make sure it's properly installed with plenty of pitfalls along the way. You need to make sure to have a USB cable that will work to get the phone recognised (if you even know that that's a factor you need to consider). Don't even get me started on the mess with the Samsung device and running Odin _several_ times before getting the patch applied. Unlocking bootloader, booting into recovery, following all those steps. That is not something you can expect people who aren't _really committed_ to do. Add to that the huge mistake LineageOS recently made where you had to reinstall everything, and based on pretty lackluster documentation regarding what you actually had to do and what you could skip (since it wasn't as device-specific as they led you to believe). Or the rather annoying upgrade process when bumping a major version number (eg. 21 -> 22)
Installing GrapheneOS via WebUSB was surprisingly easy, but don't make the mistake that this is something a lot of people will even dare to try. "Just install LineageOS" is unfortunately not a sensible thing to say. It's not too different from saying that anyone could just replace the brake discs on their car on their own if they want, "it's just some bolts". I'd love it if there was some easy fix for us, but this is a huge problem for all of us.
@vollaficationist @celeduc @GrapheneOS @guilg @EUCommission And the Volla Phone Quintus is the Daria Bond 5G from an Emirates company (marked up by 560 Euro). Given that Eurowashing, maybe attacking GrapheneOS for using Pixel hardware is a bit rich? At least Pixel has proper device security.
Back to to the original topic. I only have a stake in this as an EU citizen, but having a small set of companies decide who can run what is bad, it's another attack on the freedom of EU citizens.