BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agoGoogle Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability, report findswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability, report findswww.theverge.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmy_incakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoIncorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.
minus-squaregilalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIf it was simply not included in the stock rom rather than being made inactive except for in the OEM rom, you’d still have a device with a bunch of active bloatware
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI didn’t read that in the article, but I could have missed it. Did it say it was all pixels, or just the ones slated for Verizon?
Incorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.
If it was simply not included in the stock rom rather than being made inactive except for in the OEM rom, you’d still have a device with a bunch of active bloatware
I didn’t read that in the article, but I could have missed it. Did it say it was all pixels, or just the ones slated for Verizon?