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by jaawn 3754 days ago
"Except digital signing makes the compromised OS totally and utterly useless for other phones."

This carries with it the assumption that the digital signing and verification mechanisms are infallible and impervious to attack. That is an unwise assumption. Even if a software system appears to be perfectly secure at a given time, it is reasonable to assume that at some point a vulnerability will be discovered.