Submitted 2 months ago by Moonrise2473@feddit.it to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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There’s a certain “people’s republic” where they introduced a new government signature on all android apps. For “safety”, as they “check” the apps for you 😉
For now it can be bypassed after three pages of scary warnings but in the future?
Maybe it could be a big reason of why they’re liking harmony os that much, you don’t need to manually approve android apps if android apps are completely unsupported
Well you bought a Chinese phone. The Chinese government likes to restrict what its people see like all authoritarian governments.
Get something with stock Android or iOS. Better yet, go foss droid
I feel your pain. Went to have a wank last night before bed and went to pornhub and my state government wants to verify age via ID card. So pornhub just said and my ip address is blocked from visiting the lovely site. Am sad
So, have you bitched at your state rep about it yet?
Oh you though state bitch works for you? You got it backwards.
State Rep is corpo bitch. Better take the complain to porn hub, they would then order state bitch to fix it.
Like they’d listen. I’m in Oklahoma, liberals don’t have a voice here.
Xnxx and xvideos don’t give a shit where you live friend.
Tor
For Tor to work, you have to reduce your security settings, and allow javascript; that’s not generally a good idea when you’re using Tor. Even when you do that, the network is slow enough that videos don’t seem to complete loading. (I just checked.)
Would mobile data work? Websites always think I’m in Colorado
They just want to see your face before you masturbate. ;)
Wait until they start demand an “after” picture.
At least your country is down with the clown.
Fucking phones, how do they work?
Whoop Whoop
Where do you live that you are being governed by the Insane Clown Posse?
Suburban Michigan
Juggalopolis.
People’s Republic of the Clown.
Infamous Cave of Pooh
I need to know where this is so I can make sure I’m very far away from where this is
China
Why did you even buy a phone meant for the Chinese market in the first place?
Presumably because it’s much cheaper.
There are reasons why it’s cheaper, and none of them improve your life.
There are plent of cheap chinese phones supported by lineage os tho.
Well today it’s maybe a bad idea (I havent really digged through it all recently but it seems to be a not good idea), but back in the day Xiaomi was the beast phone for cheap, with all the bells & whistles like swappable battery, sd card, good CPU & RAM etc. for a fraction of the cost of an iPhone or Samsung.
So well, time changes!
“This app hasn’t been checked for third party spyware along with our official trusted spyware. Proceed with caution.”
Have you tried yelling " WHOOP WHOOP" at it?
Terrain. Terrain. PULL. UP!
WINDSHEAR! WINDSHEAR!
I’ve got your ICP registration info right here baby WOOP WOOP
What a fucking nightmare
Yeaah… im starting to really dislike phones tbh… i might start sticking to my laptop from now on, infinitely less restrictive
That’s a perfectly acceptable plan, were it not that a laptop is much less handy. It’s cumbersome to use a laptop while standing in a crowded bus, for instance, that’s what a phone is good for.
I did exactly that many years ago. Ditched my phone and went with x86 UMPC with builtin 3G modem, the name of which I don’t remember because it was some random Chinese no-name. Unfortunately that experiment coincided with the era of “fuck websites, we’re going app-only because we’re so hip”. I was in a world of pain right off the bat when I got a carrier plan, specifically marketed for usage on PC’s, and it did not work. I called them and said to me:
Turns out, the usage on PC’s meant tethering…
Lots of online things, if they were even available as websites, were highly cut down versions of apps. And SMS 2FA, goddamn. I remember not being able to buy booze and shoes because, apparently, phone confirmations were required in those establishments. Good thing they’re fading out in favor of TOTP and passkeys. But, at a time, I had to swtich to a carrier that allowed me to use “corporate” features like SMS forwarding and SIP telephony. Also, fuck WhatsApp, that shit can burn in all fires of hell.
On the other hand, I really miss that time. It was liberating, just not having like, a few dozen malwares in my pocket tracking me down just to track someone’s dog, or a bus, or to spy on someone’s buying preferences or whatever. But things have gotten quite a bet better over the years, so I’m kind of inclined to repeat the experiment with my new-ish OM3S which I carry because I still cannot imagine going out without a proper PC on me (don’t buy it, though, it is severely underpowered, better get something GPD instead).
And also there’s a million things that are app-only. You can use an emulator, I guess, and I suppose on a newer laptop than mine it might even run smoothly.
What about a mini laptop?
Fucking Smart Phones, how do they work?
That’s only on their local android varieties though. That looks like a Xiaomi/Redmi phone? In that case head over to xiaomi.eu, download the EU version of the ROM, and flash it following the instructions there, it’s very straightforward.
With Oppo and OnePlus phones it’s equally simple, there are a ton of how-to’s over on forum.xda-dev.com for all models. If you stay in China, best get their Indian ROMs, the EU ones have some mobile bands inactive that are not in use there, but are in Asia.
For other phone manufacturers, it’s anywhere between trivial and impossible (Huawei for example). Xda-dev is your best source of info usually.
More recent Xiaomi phones for the Chinese market have locked bootloaders. Their European counterparts can still be unlocked, but they have tightened that as well, supposedly because the CCP told them to.
Typing this on a Poco F6.
Crap. I got OnePlus 7 pro and 10 pro in China and could still unlock them easily, haven’t checked since.
ICP?
That’s right; the Insane Clown Posse demands you register your apps with them for your saftey.
Oh it is just part of Chinese censorship
Incredible Communist Party
Inmate Corrections Phallcility
Can you install a jailbreak OS, or is that not allowed for “safety”?
In this specific case can do it but the bootloader unlock request must come from a Chinese ip address, from a verified Chinese number (get otp code via SMS) and wait like one month
And I bet this process is going to add you to some list of people to keep an eye on.
Since when do they have those rules? A year ago I unlocked my Xiaomi phone. Outside China. Did not have a Chinese phone number. It took less than an hour.
Augh i hate xiaomi so much.
Businesses tend to follow local laws, even outside China.
I hate Xiaomi for other reasons aswell,
It sucks!
TBH, I’m mildly surprised that this is a recent change. Signed binaries are neither new technology nor all that difficult.
Compared to all of the other crazy things that government does, this seems like relatively low hanging fruit.
PS don’t give our orange leader to be (or congress) any ideas…
greedytacothief@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why have we given juggalos so much power?
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because there’s magic everywhere in this bitch
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hot lava, snow, rain, and fog. Long-neck giraffes and pet cats and dogs.
FoolishObserver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It must run on magnets.
Benjaben@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It was always going to end this way.
Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
ICP - The Loons