BrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability, report findswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability, report findswww.theverge.comBrikoXM to TechnologyEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmy_in@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoIncorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.
minus-squarepropter_hog [any, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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?
minus-squaregila@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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
Incorrect. The app was baked into the Pixel firmware from Google, not a manufacturer specific OEM.
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?
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