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Is that really true? Couldn't Google forcibly turn off the code-signing requirement on an individual's phone? They've been known to reset passwords remotely in
by ndiscussion 5y ago
Is that really true? Couldn't Google forcibly turn off the code-signing requirement on an individual's phone?
They've been known to reset passwords remotely in the past: https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11330892/fbi-google-android-unlocking-phone-court-order https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11330892/fbi-google-andro...
- codethief 5y agoNo, they could not. And if you don't want to trust $random_manufacturer's Android ROM, you could switch to GrapheneOS[0] whose developer Daniel Micay attaches a lot of importance to reliable app signatures (which is why GrapheneOS doesn't come with MicroG as the latter would need signature spoofing). [0]: https://grapheneos.org/ https://grapheneos.org/