Funny name thanks, didnt know of it
I really dont fear those (or any?) any attacks but the unlocked bootloader for me has the downside that some apps cannot be installed (or run) because of it.
So the real dream for me would be a possibility to relock the bootloader on Sonys.
Any chance this might be possible somehow?
And wasnt there some idea to make Sony proprietary camera app run on custom ROMs?
Not that you guys arent busy enough these days I guess…
Is there a list of devices where relocking the bootloader is possible? Or ist just the Pixels anyway?
Check out the officially supported devices list below. You can sort the list per bootloader relocking functionality to see which devices are capable to do so. Looks there are over two dozen devices in the list…
Thanks for the link dyedbird. It is Moto, Pixel, Shift, Fairphone and Brax3 phones. feyyz already pointed those. And as MaxO wrote, the ulocked bootloader could be a problem for some apps. Anyway, it is great, that thanks to iodéOS team we have such a great choice of devices to run the OS on. For tech savy enthusiasts it is a lot of possible toys to play with…
The situation with this in the UK is that 2G is and will be around for a good while yet (at least another decade I’d imagine), not least because it’s very widely used for m2m telemetry.
3G, on the other hand, is disappearing rapidly and is all but gone with most providers.
In my experience, iodé behaves the same with such apps with either an unlocked or a locked bootloader. It is part of the spoofing and other adjustments integrated at the system level. I may be wrong, but my bank app for example says it can’t be installed on a device with an unlocked bootloader, but it installs and functions just fine with iodéOS.
Note I only have unlocked bootloaders because I could care less about evil maids and I doubt the most evil of maids would still be able to get my data , I just haven’t been convinced modern Android is at risk in this one specific domain.
Haha evil maids can be a bigger problem anyway, yes right!
I have one app (the offical one from the Austrian government) that just warns me about the open bootloader but lets me use it, but I had 2 (neo-)banking apps that said they wont run on an unlocked device. How do you install and run yours anyway?
Also I think its the reason for this problem I have…
I have a Capital One bank account, I just install (in Shelter) via Aurora. I have “all the microG bits” enabled, I assume you do as well? (All checkboxes, Google device registration, Cloud Messaging, SafetyNet, Location, etc.)
You can search in the Plexus App for your specific app to see if there are any ratings or tips on how to make it work. What apps specifically?
My bank doesn’t care whether the device is stock/Google-certified or whether it has SafetyNet or Device Integrity, but it checks whether the bootloader is unlocked and can also detect this on iodéOS (with per ADB uninstalled microG). I think that’s very fair of the app, by the way. If you want to do banking on your smartphone, you should also protect yourself against physical attacks, no matter how complicated they are (of course, phishing is the usual method of attack). Otherwise, you should use a physical device from your bank.
At the end, there is nothing like 100% secure device and operating system. It does not exist and never will be existing. If someone wants to reach your data, the only possibility to prevent it, is not being online and store the data either on an analog device (paper) or digitally on closed hw system without any online connection. And even than your data is reachable, if someone walks in and grabs it.
, I just haven’t been convinced modern Android is at risk in this one specific domain.