Extrasvhx9he

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[–] Extrasvhx9he 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

In fairness their electronics were taken by the FBI so they at least had something besides Google. In hindsight the offsite backup would of protected them from both the FBI and Google if they stored them at a trustee's home

[–] Extrasvhx9he 10 points 11 months ago

Damn didn't even think about that. Do you think they at least encrypted their files?

[–] Extrasvhx9he 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (8 children)

Goddamn hope this story gets somebody at google's attention. Off topic, even though it was mentioned in the article, what ended up happening to the dad's account, was it reinstated? I can't find an update

[–] Extrasvhx9he 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

For native support I guess the best non-journaling filesystem would be exfat if you're planning on storing files that are +4gb in size which will work on any up to date operating systems (not 100% sure about iOS) but you might run into trouble with older operating systems. As for journaling no clue but I wager NTFS but that would leave out mobile operating systems and maybe macos but not 100% on this one. I know that it works with Linux and windows since that's the one I used to use but I since moved away to ext4 after fully committing to the Linux style.

Edit: looks like iOS supports exfat. Macos only supports reading NTFS but not writing so whomp whomp

[–] Extrasvhx9he 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Iirc the chipset, QCM6490, will lose support after 2028 meaning the device will get at least 5 years of security updates and not the promised 8. Pretty sure that's why grapheneOS doesn't/won't support it since the company doesn't keep to their promises

Edit: found grapheneOS' response again I'm not saying Fairphone is a bad company but the way they are advertising the fp5 seems kinda shady IMO based on the specs of the device. At most you'll get partial updates after 5 years since Qualcomm will drop support which is still great but don't assume your device will be as safe as a fully updated device. Then again fairphone may commit to extending the life of the QCM6490 but not sure if they'll be capable of that so we'll just have to see. I apologize to anyone who got offended for some reason I was just expressing my opinion based on the track record of the company and the specs of their device

[–] Extrasvhx9he 0 points 11 months ago

Thats true but I was referring to it being useful for travelers or as a work phone. Just being useful when you don't want to expose your personal device

[–] Extrasvhx9he 1 points 11 months ago

Crap meant security updates I'll edit it in but their phones overall. The company is notorious for not providing full security updates for the promised length which can end up jeopardizing the customer. Then specifically for the fp5 there's the lack of a secure element and iirc verified boot but I could be mistaken

[–] Extrasvhx9he 4 points 11 months ago

But don't most phishing schemes redirect you to a webpage what would scanning "apps" do? Guess it means your email client and SMS messenger

[–] Extrasvhx9he 3 points 11 months ago

Loving everything especially after adding the option to sort. Happy holidays to everyone and take care

[–] Extrasvhx9he 2 points 11 months ago

2 encrypted, external, spinning drives in a fire box.

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