Message from @Furfag
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From what I've read it's on resellers
chinese roms have advertisements on them
Which is why you always asked for a sealed box
only*
I don't want boxes if i buy chink rippoffs from ioffer
Can I flash it and remove the spyware and shit, or is it just in there for good?
ofc
it just depends on the phone
don't buy a leeco x520 and then try to find a rom
Some Hardware has backdoors
because they dont exist
yeah that's what I'm worried about furfag
hardware backdoors are the least of your worries
Well I got a Zuk Z2, so here's hoping.
if youre worried about hardware backdoors then do us a favor and stop using everything
hasn't come in yet
and just go offline
entirely
Someday Windatica.
@gnorc Youre not a target of interesst though. If you really care about your privacy build your own..
so they are still "good thing" as long as you are not target of interest
yes that makes all sense now
That's a poor excuse to allow people to spy and collect your info and possibly use it in a criminal manner.
tfw nignog is burning mix tapes on his laptop next to me
please for gods sake dont shoot down people who are legitimately worried about their security
when it comes to new hardware
this is why we have so much idiots in world already
It's why things are as bad as they are now
maybe this will help https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_mobile_phones ?
@gnorc Wanna broadcast the seriousness of the situation using a hacked satelite?
I'm not in the mood for your pettyness.
it's a legitimate concern.
YEs it is
but to answer you gnorc.. its not that widespread some (not named) phones have shipped with it but the source and destination was never published afaik
if its not boxed/does not look original=safe to say its time to think custom roms
Thanks Tervy, looks like this model can be flashed thankfully
It's my first china phone so I'm just wondering what I'm getting into
Soon Open Source Hardware will take over the industry.
just remember to backup the orig.rom