| People here just love their locked bootloaders for some reason. But once you free yourself of this silliness, and root all your devices after unboxing, you'll be good for yet a few more years. Of course it'll only keep being this easy temporarily. Here's a scene from 2026 for your imaginative pleasure: Door: You need to scan your COVID25 vaccine QR code to open this door. QR App: This app will only run on a HW attested device ------ Shopkeeper: We only accept WhatsApp pay at this store. Payment App: This app will only run on a HW attested device ------ Your friend: We can only talk on this one messaging app that everybody uses. Messaging app: This app will only run on a HW attested device. Oh, but we promise that this encrypted blob of executable code that you can't disable is here just to ensure the safety of your E2E encryption. ------ Your custom ROM rooted Android 18 phone: Running a secure messaging app that was banned from the Play Store and has only like 2 other active users in the world. The police: Papers please. Phone touches the scanner. Scanner beeps and turns red. The law: You have violated the Digital Safety Act. Daily driving a non-licensed general purpose computer is illegal as this may endanger "our children". The law: You have violated the Public Health and Safety Act. Daily driving a non-licensed general purpose computer is illegal as this may be used to circumvent your quarantine and vaccination control status checks. ------ I can go on and on. I think you get the gist of it. Once we have HW attestation fully figured out, these laws will come. Cash will go away. Your agency will go away. Etc. ...
And the punchline of the ghost story?
The guys coding this stuff up? They're here with us reading this thread. Commenting about the virtues of locked bootloaders for your security. |