• redcalcium@lemmy.institute
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    8 months ago

    Yeah this will cause issues because many device that allows relocking bootloader can only do it once, which lock out future rom upgrades.

    What prompt google to do this? Do they have bots problem abusing the service?

    • AnEilifintChorcra@sopuli.xyz
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      8 months ago

      I’ve been degoogled since 2019 so I have never actually used RCS so I’m not 100% sure.

      If I were to guess I would assume it has something to do with Apples support for RCS. The last time I checked, Apple won’t support end-to-end encryption in RCS and the messages are only encrypted in transit so maybe Android users that will use RCS with Apple users will have all of the chats saved unencrypted within the system folders and that would be no bueno for Google

      But I’m honestly not sure, I have no interest in learning about RCS unless GSMA helps open source apps integrate it so I’m not stuck with either Samsungs or Googles messaging apps

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        8 months ago

        I have no interest in learning about RCS

        I never will. It’s too little, too late.

        20 years ago it would’ve been a god replacement for SMS. Today? I only use SMS with people who refuse to switch to any modern messenger. I was using XMPP on my phone 20 years ago…

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      8 months ago

      You can only relock once? Since when?

      Or do you mean relock once with current OS? Yea, unlocking requires a reset, as a security mechanism.