Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 5 months agoLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10cross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareDataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months ago85 % probably have outdated firmware.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoThat number probably higher. However that changes nothing as we can’t control proprietary firmware blobs. Honestly there is no way of knowing anything about the security of those blobs. Firmware vendors can do whatever they want.
minus-squarelemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWhy? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
85 % probably have outdated firmware.
That number probably higher. However that changes nothing as we can’t control proprietary firmware blobs.
Honestly there is no way of knowing anything about the security of those blobs. Firmware vendors can do whatever they want.
Why? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.