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   Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 23:51:23 JST Dushman

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     iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 23:51:21 JST iced depresso

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     @dushman someone trying to unlock their new chinese phone?
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Apr-2025 23:52:07 JST SuperDicq

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     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest Wait from scratch?

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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:01:41 JST Bricky

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     @SuperDicq The typical Xiaomi experience of unlocking the bootloader. From scratch is correct as it's an anti-theft measure.
     
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:01:41 JST SuperDicq

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest Just referring the exact words. I mean this is probably just very badly translated Chinese.
     
     Nobody ever says "wait from scratch", they probably meant "wait again" or "wait from the beginning".

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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:18:38 JST Dushman

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
     Yeah kinda annoying but once it's done I'll slap a custom rom on this bad boy

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:21:08 JST SuperDicq

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     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @thatbrickster@shitposter.world I'm in general not a big fan of having to ask a server if you can pretty please get root access to your own fucking device.
     
     What will happen when their servers go down?

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:23:46 JST SuperDicq

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     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @thatbrickster@shitposter.world Yes but imagine you get one of these phones a couple of years from now from the second hand market. The servers are long gone and the original owner never did this step.
     
     You're completely screwed now.

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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:23:47 JST Dushman

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     I mean at least once it's done you don't have to rely on those servers for anything anymore i

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:26:23 JST SuperDicq

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     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @thatbrickster@shitposter.world I'm pointing out something that will an issue in the future and your argument is that is not currently an issue?

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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:26:24 JST Dushman

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     @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @thatbrickster@shitposter.world
     I mean the unlocking still works even on super old xiaomi devices so that's not currently an issue at least

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:27:28 JST SuperDicq

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     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @thatbrickster@shitposter.world What about 10 years? 15 years? Hardware should not have an expiry date. I have phones older than this that still work.

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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:27:30 JST Dushman

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     @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @thatbrickster@shitposter.world
     I can personally attest to that cuz I unlocked one that was 5 yrs old at the time a couple years back

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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:31:42 JST Bricky

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     @SuperDicq Another related issue is bricking unlocked devices when trying to lock the bootloader. I've fixed OnePlus devices where that occurred, Fairphone charged me 62€ for the privilege.
     
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 00:31:42 JST SuperDicq

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest Personally I don't see the benefit of locking the bootloader in the first place.
     
     If the storage of the device itself could be fully encrypted then the bootloader being potentially compromised wouldn't matter.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:17:42 JST SuperDicq

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest There are free software solutions that also provide FMD functionality, such as https://f-droid.org/packages/de.nulide.findmydevice/

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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:17:43 JST Bricky

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     @SuperDicq Xiaomi offers a Find My service which becomes useless if the device is flashed with a custom Android distro. I believe locking the bootloader keeps it functional after a factory reset.
     
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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:18:29 JST SuperDicq

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     @dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest @thatbrickster@shitposter.world Yeah I'm not tinfoil. I just want my personal information to be secure in case someone pickpockets me or something.

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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:18:31 JST Dushman

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     @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @thatbrickster@shitposter.world
     Yeah if you have an unlocked bl with full storage encryption it won't really be a security issue. Maybe besides an evil maid attack but like you'd have to be targeted by the feds or some other big organization for that to potentially happen.

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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:20:04 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @thatbrickster @dushman @SuperDicq kinda? i've heard of this being a protection against resellers that would put custom roms that are just miui but with spyware apps
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     Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:21:49 JST Johnny Peligro

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     @dushman @SuperDicq @thatbrickster i did swear my next phone will be an iphoney but my mom's shitty xiaomi is showing signs of getting fucked so if im lucky i can get some normal xiaomi with sneeddragon
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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:21:51 JST Dushman

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
     The phone had great specs for the price I got it at. 512 gb ufs 2.2 12gb of ram and a Qualcomm SM7435-AB Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset. I paid 300~ euro for it.

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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:21:57 JST Bricky

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     @SuperDicq Sure, but if I understand what it means then the intended meaning was successful conveyed. 'From scratch' is one way of saying it.
     
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     Dushman (dushman@hollow.raccoon.quest)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 02:21:57 JST Dushman

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     @thatbrickster@shitposter.world @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
     I'm using a custom unlocking tool that works on Linux. The author is probably not a native English speaker.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Apr-2025 20:33:57 JST 翠星石

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     @SuperDicq @thatbrickster @dushman The bootloader being proprietary malware is a problem even if the device is fully encrypted - as the bootloader can go and hook itself into the password entry process, extract the crypto keys and then do whatever.
     
     Bootloader handcuffing has no security benefit - it's about restricting the user.
     
     The only way to have security is for everything to be free software and then the user being able to optionally set a key.