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1. ameliu+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-03-22 10:09:56
However ... Pine64 (Pine Store Limited) is a Hong Kong based company, and with China's appetite for mass privacy infringements (see their social credit system), there could be a problem there in the future, especially since privacy is the main selling feature of these phones.
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2. megous+3l2[view] [source] 2022-03-23 00:33:11
>>ameliu+(OP)
Pine64 doesn't provide any software.
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3. fsflov+n63[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 08:42:30
>>megous+3l2
Can't hardware have backdoors? How about the firmware?
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4. megous+Ne4[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 17:08:55
>>fsflov+n63
There's no Pine64 controlled firmware. There's no Pine64 controlled hardware in the phone, it's all sourced from other companies.
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5. fsflov+Qe5[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-23 22:47:48
>>megous+Ne4
All of which are from China.
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6. megous+bE5[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-03-24 03:31:10
>>fsflov+Qe5
And? Almost everything is made outside of my small country. :) I don't particularly trust FVEY countries either.

I'm quite fine knowing the HW well enough to trust it for my purposes, having spent many years with it at quite low levels, thank you.

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