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minus-squaregrehund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThey don’t want people installing GrapheneOS on them.
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBut isn’t that stupid tho. Like they should want their military officers to be using the most secure OS. But then again, its funny to see them make stupid decisions.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoThat’s only true if they trust them. If the goal is to ensure they can keep track of dissidents then no.
minus-squareunwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s a both-ways situation. They allow only the Fisher-Price version of phones so less-than-power-users don’t do something stupid. They also allow only Fisher-Price so power users can’t beat Celebrite as easily.
They don’t want people installing GrapheneOS on them.
But isn’t that stupid tho. Like they should want their military officers to be using the most secure OS.
But then again, its funny to see them make stupid decisions.
That’s only true if they trust them. If the goal is to ensure they can keep track of dissidents then no.
It’s a both-ways situation.
They allow only the Fisher-Price version of phones so less-than-power-users don’t do something stupid.
They also allow only Fisher-Price so power users can’t beat Celebrite as easily.