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Meta announces always online DRM for all existing and future Quest VR devices (mixed-news.com)
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Meta sneakily introduced "Platform Integrity Attestation API" which basically calls home to see whether the user has a valid license to play.

This means that to run apps user has to have online connection to perform an integrity test. Whether it's only a test on launch or continues call home like Denuvo-like DRMs is not yet clear. This could also mean that modified headsets could fail to pass this test essentially closing down the device for modifications that could damage "platform integrity". Not all details are clear yet but this doesn't look good.

Currently it's optional and up to app developers to enable it.

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[–] forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Google Pixel phones are the only phones compatible with GrapheneOS, so there's one reason.

[–] Onionizer@geddit.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're also easy to unlock and relock the bootloader on

[–] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can relock the bootloader? Basically "unrooting" the device??

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's not "unrooting" it's just preventing your OS from being replaced. It's an easy change for anyone with physical access to the device who can get past the lock screen, but can't be done by accident. So you won't be accidentally installing malicious software that will reinstall your OS, for example.

The unlock/lock and install can be done through a website, but it requires your phone to be plugged in to a computer, and you can enable/disable unlocking through the developer menu in the phone's settings.

[–] Onionizer@geddit.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but beware it will wipe everything on your phone!

[–] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So it just wiprs out the new OS?

[–] 0XiDE@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Just user data

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're also absolutely the best phones you can buy, in my opinion.

And you literally can't buy phones that don't have anti-consumer software.

No one sells the old Nokia bricks, and even if they did, the networks they run on have been deprecated.