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Fairphone CEO says it’s a ‘myth’ that sustainable tech has to cost more and be of lower quality: ‘Neither is needed’ (www.techradar.com)

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[-] ganryuu@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Only if you still get security updates for those 7 years, which is I think the case with the Pixels, and some Samsung flagships, but is very far from being the norm. You don't want a non-updated phone.

Edit: of course that also works if you can switch to an alternate rom that does receive the updates.

[-] pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe 1 points 1 week ago

If you don't click on any weird links, you can still go without updates right?

[-] Strawberry 1 points 1 week ago

not necessarily. Plenty of exploits do not rely on links or downloads, and there's a whole class of "zero-click" exploits. Usually, such critical vulnerabilities are quickly patched. But after a system stops receiving updates, they can add up.

[-] pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe 1 points 1 week ago

I have an old perfectly functional android phone that I like to use for playing games.

How would they know to target the phone?

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