On: Right to root access

[fsflover]

> Ask yourself, how can law enforcement push a software trojan into any mobile phone without physically touching it.

Can they?

> Are you really free to bake your own bread? (Think about

Yes. It's not easy, but it's not impossible. You have to fight for your freedom to get it.

[notorandit → fsflover]

Yes, they can. This is another reason for having closed source blobs running as root under Linux/Android to manage all communication.

You cannot fight for this, unless you design both the communication hardware and its firmware and you get away from Google Play.

[fsflover → notorandit]

> You cannot fight for this, unless design both the communication hardware and its firmware

This is exactly what my phone is. There are no blobs. It runs FSF-endorsed PureOS. Using it is fighting.

[notorandit → fsflover]

3GB RAM? 4G only? No, thanks.

And, btw, are you running Google Play services?

In this case, all of your efforts have been made useless.

[fsflover → notorandit]

AFAIK you can't run Google Play services on GNU/Linux.

> 3GB RAM? 4G only?

Fighting, you know, requires some compromises. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/