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fsflover 28 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: GrapheneOS fixes Android VPN leak Google refused t...

This is misleading. The blobs are only in the firmware, not in the OS, not in the bootloader, not running on the CPU.

Having a technical possibility to lock down GNU/Linux phones in principle in undefined future by undefined entity that doesn't even produce them yet is a FUD argument.

ranger_danger 28 days ago [–]

Not true, current GNU/Linux have OS-level blobs

fsflover 27 days ago | [–]

PureOS running on my phone is endorsed by the FSF, i.e., has no blobs whatsoever: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25504641

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