Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame (github.com)
from potatopotato@sh.itjust.works to privacy@lemmy.ml on 04 Dec 20:55
https://sh.itjust.works/post/50995126

This is a list of phone manufacturers that lock their bootloaders to prevent people from installing custom operating systems (LineageOS etc) to remove bloatware and spyware/tracking.

#privacy

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world on 04 Dec 21:54 next collapse

The Amazon Fire Phone is conspicuously absent from this list.

[deleted] on 05 Dec 02:11 collapse

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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world on 05 Dec 03:02 collapse

Yeah but it would be funnier if they listed it

FauxLiving@lemmy.world on 04 Dec 22:29 next collapse

They care about your data, which is why they’ve taken steps to ensure they always have access to the data that they care so much about.

PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml on 04 Dec 23:18 collapse

they are collecting it to protect it, like a British Museum

bhamlin@lemmy.world on 05 Dec 00:03 collapse

And like a British museum, they won’t let you have it back.

philophilsaurus@sh.itjust.works on 05 Dec 00:14 collapse

But they will let visitors come and check it out!

FauxLiving@lemmy.world on 05 Dec 00:34 collapse

For a fee

QuestionMark@lemmy.world on 05 Dec 11:54 next collapse

Samsung? I’m pretty sure I saw bootloader unlocking in developer options though…

DO NOT UPDATE to OneUI 8

Checks System Info

OH SHIT.

[deleted] on 05 Dec 12:21 next collapse

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip on 05 Dec 12:23 next collapse

Wait what, Energizer makes phones?

ThunderLegend@sh.itjust.works on 05 Dec 12:47 next collapse

So…almost every company… It would have been easier to make a list about the companies who do allow bootloader unlock

eldavi@lemmy.ml on 05 Dec 17:56 collapse

even companies that don’t sell phones anymore; who’s still buying windows phones?!

Minimac@lemmy.ml on 05 Dec 12:54 collapse

Smhhh