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by coldtea 4382 days ago
>Is that as good as "open source all the way down"? Of course not. But it is a hell of a lot better than the "opaque binary blobs all the way down" offered by most of the alternatives.

I fail to see how. It's not like a partial binary blob is better than a full on binary blob. The opaque part might do anything too...
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fpgeek 4382 days ago
Well, consider the example of Carrier IQ.

The Carrier IQ software was installed on some Android phones, some iPhones and some Blackberry devices: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/print/9222319/AT_T_Sp...

Where was Carrier IQ found first? Why?

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coldtea 4381 days ago
>Where was Carrier IQ found first? Why?

The link doesn't say. And if anything it was not because there was an open-source part of the phone OS.

For one, on active, sold, phones, the device code is compiled anyway.

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