I’m talking about the fact that if you need to rely on physical switches, your security is already compromised. Correct me if I am wrong but the AOSP forks are still using binary blobs for the modem, which means even if you’re running those forks, you still cannot reasonably trust the software.
It’s all a result of Android being a monolithic OS. I’d bet when Google bought Android (around 2000, it was still fresh), this was a “kkown issue” and Google decided they just needed to get it out there, rather than develop a standard hardware interface layer.
I’m sure they also considered the advantage to them (and vendors) in being able to force dependence on those drivers.
I’m talking about the fact that if you need to rely on physical switches, your security is already compromised. Correct me if I am wrong but the AOSP forks are still using binary blobs for the modem, which means even if you’re running those forks, you still cannot reasonably trust the software.
That’s a good point, unfortunately.
It’s all a result of Android being a monolithic OS. I’d bet when Google bought Android (around 2000, it was still fresh), this was a “kkown issue” and Google decided they just needed to get it out there, rather than develop a standard hardware interface layer.
I’m sure they also considered the advantage to them (and vendors) in being able to force dependence on those drivers.