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Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features (9to5google.com)
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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's not what "lock it down" means.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What does it mean to you?

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Prevent changes. Locking down software project would mean making it closed sourced. Locking down hardware means preventing software/firmware changes.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We meant the same thing then. Nothing prevents Motorola from making changes to GrapheneOS, making it closed source, and blocking software/firmware changes on their phone so that you can't install the open source original.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Any phone manufacturer can do it and they don't need any special deals with GrapheneOS for that. GrapheneOS would definitely not support Motorola making some secret changes to the OS before installing it so this news is the complete opposite of such situation.

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

GrapheneOS would definitely not support Motorola making some secret changes to the OS before installing it so this news is the complete opposite of such situation.

I completely agree, I am answering the hypothetical you brought up:

How would Motorola lock it down?

I don't believe they will lock it down, but you asked how could they do that. And the answer is they could easily do that, deals or not. I don't think they will, but there is nothing preventing them from doing so.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, technically it's possible. Technically they can also hire GrapheneOS guys and make future versions closed source. In the context of this news both things are unlikely though.

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Different tense. ~~I wasn't using it in the privacy hardened sense.~~

Just realized it refers to the same thing both ways. GrapheneOS is user-side hardened whereas iOS is producer-side hardened.