I guess giving you less control over your device is an improvement for them, otherwise their service wouldn’t be obliged to destroy self serviced phones

Anyone who knows networking could detect new device connections on an open network they set up.

assuming that it will connect to your network. if it connects anywhere else, good luck to figure it out. at that point you can throw a laptop with capturing all nearby wifi traffic and hope you somehow recognize the TV if it appears among the possibly dozens of other devices

Lots of claims this is happening

I don’t know of this is happening, but I don’t see how a small automatic updare couldn’t “add this feature”

Considering how easy it would be to catch,

how easy it would be?

how and when is the DSP used, though?

and what kind of code can take advantage of this? apps? javascript in browser apps? or a non-app system process with a specific privilege?

that works until they start connecting to wifi networks that are open, or to which they somehow got to know the credentials

now that they got rid of uBlock Origin…

it says “games that was made in the city”

a “reverse bribe”, as is typical of nintendo

System on Chip. Basically the CPU, and a lot of other hardware often including the sensors and wireless adapters. So, a very important, core component of any modern device.

they don’t have any business with my fucking personal phone! where do you live, in the USA? if I only use an old dumb phone, they have no business about it! they can reach me when necessary, and that’s all they need to care

my employers have never specified any requirements for my phone, sorry but wtf is that?

from google play? on my degoogled phone?

its a relatively recent development. possibly it only applies to when you open it up, replace something inside but even if they are not searching for software modifications, the distinction is very small and you’re not likely to hear it in the news before experiencing it

they’ll just wipe their tears each with another bank note.

you know what we need to do? to cook them alive on the public square!
no, not directly because of this. it’s been long overdue.

Hopefully they don’t do online attestation

unless you are forced to use it, by government, employer, or such

without uninstalling. that had a reason, safety, as apps are often not prepared to handle their “future” (relatively) config files and data formats

this is the reason phone selection for me is based on what it supports.

but samsungs are ruled out anyway. their service centers desttoys your phone if you have asserted your ownership of it, their software is way too unnecessarily complicated (not the part you see, but the low level part that complicates the flashing process), and they are generally a garbage company.

Who’s devices? This is not a manufacturer dependent thing.

Android is useful without any google built-in software, and unfortunately it’s not affordable to avoid having a smartphone in today’s world.
If you wanted to say to not buy Android devices, all I can say is you are very ignorant. And ignorance is a lot of things but novel.

for me it’s been the same since 8. sure there are some good changes, but generally it’s forced restrictions upon more forced restrictions, and I hate it