YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot(arstechnica.com)

16 pointsby leephillipsقبل 3 سنوات9 comments

YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/youtube-video-causes-pixel-phones-to-instantly-reboot/

9 comments

jqpabc123قبل 3 سنوات

Google has lots of tricks for remotely changing how a phone works, like the ability to disable or enable code paths without pushing an update.

You may have possession of the hardware but Google is the real owner of it.

jotatoقبل 3 سنوات

So in other words, a feature flag? Widely used trick - if you want to call it that - in software

jqpabc123قبل 3 سنوات

Google's remote capabilities and control over your Android phone extend well beyond a "flag".

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-...

fyloraspitقبل 3 سنوات

That's only true if you continue to use their software

jqpabc123قبل 3 سنوات

Which means it is true in the overwhelming majority of cases.

Personally, I use e/OS/.

red-iron-pineقبل 3 سنوات

Pixels are the easiest phones to slap a different image on. Get LineageOS on there, or whatever random and shady software you download off of XDA-Devs.

Yeahsureokقبل 3 سنوات

Modern pixels only got the ability to run lineageos a week ago.

https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-add...

kevviiinnقبل 3 سنوات

Or even better: grapheneos

gbro3nقبل 3 سنوات

This is like the Janet Jackson song that crashed Windows Laptops, and even other laptops in proximity due to resonant frequencies in the song affecting hard drives: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=10... Rhythm Nation (https://amzn.to/3Zc4QNc) was the song!