I don’t care if anyone has a Xiaomi, Oneplus, Samsung, etc. Each brand is using a modified version of Android, and they chose to be compatible with each other. But for example the “blue vs green bubble” drama is a thing specifically because of Apple locking their unsuspecting users into a closed ecosystem. And it sure isn’t Android’s fault for not being compatible with it.

The more power a company like this gains, the worse will it be for the whole industry.

    • @Mahonia
      2•10 months ago

      Much of your data can just be subpoenaed and then provided to law enforcement without physical access however. Apple complies 90% of the time.

      https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/23/apple-user-data-law-enforcement-falling-short

      Also, there are ways that LE can bypass your iphone’s encryption. Just doesn’t work all the time.

      https://www.vice.com/en/article/4ag5yj/unlock-apple-iphone-database-for-police

      GrapheneOS, based on AOSP, is really the only truly private and secure option. Android offering interoperability is not a downside and Apple having a walled garden does not mean it provides increased security. Apple is decidedly not transparent and this is ultimately not a good thing.

      • @[email protected]
        3•10 months ago

        You’re talking about data stored in the apple cloud (I think without the account recovery turned off, but I’m not 100% on that). The same is true of googles cloud services.

        Agencies haven’t been focusing on getting the actual texts that say “here I go, doing something you don’t like!” For quite a while because of the amount of variability involved. What I hear spooks talking about is building enough pc for a rubber hose interrogation with unsecured parallel data streams like push notifications.

    • @[email protected]
      1•10 months ago

      Only if user isn’t using encryption ( which is standard these days ) or has developer mode usb debugging left open

        • @[email protected]
          2•10 months ago

          So I see a company thay duplicates phones, with no source on cracking encryption, other than their own company got hacked. And if you have a GrapheneOS phone you can shut off external USB. like connecting a cord , headset to computer does nothing unless you can login to phone and turn the USB option on.

    • @Mango
      1•10 months ago

      They don’t need to. They have the keys.

      NOW it’s the end of discussion.