1 posted on
10/07/2010 8:35:50 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
2 posted on
10/07/2010 8:36:20 AM PDT by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ShadowAce
Yet another reason to hate T-Mobile...
3 posted on
10/07/2010 8:38:08 AM PDT by
TSgt
(Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho - 44th and current President of the United States)
To: ShadowAce
Isn’t this one of the things Apple/AT&T consistently get bashed for?
4 posted on
10/07/2010 8:39:10 AM PDT by
TheBattman
(They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
To: ShadowAce; sickoflibs; Vaduz; a fool in paradise; stephenjohnbanker; hoosiermama; penelopesire; ...
Users of the new Google Android G2 should be warned that their device has a rootkit that will overwrite their software modifications. ALERT, ALERT.
5 posted on
10/07/2010 8:39:54 AM PDT by
GOPJ
(Liberal violence against Tea Party: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFeUhSlHiUQ)
To: ShadowAce
This would be akin to a computer sold with Microsoft Windows containing chip that prevented users from installing Linux or another operating system of their choice. While I may not agree with the microchip protection, I can certainly understand why they would do it. There is nothing inherent in the phone's software to prevent virus-like attacks on it if the operating system is compromised. Further, some software, with minor operating system tweaks, can actually remotely dial another phone and allow that user to listen in on your conversation. There's some bad juju that can come from letting people mess around with the OS software, and I'm sure the vendor is simply practicing CYA.
6 posted on
10/07/2010 8:42:01 AM PDT by
econjack
(Some people are as dumb as soup.)
To: ShadowAce
How long before a site pops up that explains how to remove that chip?
7 posted on
10/07/2010 8:42:06 AM PDT by
GeronL
(http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
To: ShadowAce
I was waiting for this. First hardware locks, now actively erasing modifications. Anyone who thought the carriers and manufacturers would want to keep the Android system free and open in practice (as opposed to theory) was in dreamland. They’re used to closed, tightly-controlled systems. They love such systems. Even the iPhone model was too open for them at first, which is why Verizon rejected it.
To: ShadowAce
I HATE Smart phones. I like a phone that takes calls, receives calls, stores some phone numbers, and maybe helps calculate the tip at the restaurant. That's it.
11 posted on
10/07/2010 9:05:52 AM PDT by
NavyCanDo
(What If Glenn Beck is Wright?)
To: ShadowAce
“..prevents device owners from making permanent changes that allow custom modifications to the the Android operating system.”
They act like that’s a bad thing.
On the other hand, if they didn’t dot hat, they’d be crying about how insecure it was.
To: ShadowAce
"Clearly, this is a major new initiative to control users rights to run their computers as they see fit." Nobody is forcing us to buy that computer. So don't.
29 posted on
10/08/2010 3:22:53 PM PDT by
mlo
To: ShadowAce
"Clearly, this is a major new initiative to control users rights to run their computers as they see fit." Nobody is forcing us to buy that computer. So don't.
30 posted on
10/08/2010 3:29:29 PM PDT by
mlo
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