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Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts (shop.fairphone.com)

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fairphone has never previously provided full security patches for anywhere close to their promised support. The Fairphone 4 doesn't currently receive proper security support but rather receives the Android Security Bulletin patches consistently 1-2 months late and many of the recommended patches (Pixel Update Bulletin) years late.

Fairphone 4 does not include a secure element and does not provide many of the expected hardware security features. It also has a broken/incomplete implementation of verified boot and attestation.

Are these issues fixed with recent Fairphones?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Who the actual fuck even uses the Stock OS with the phone?

Just use Calyx man.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Calyx literally has the same issue. Consistently late to apply patches.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

EU law makes it a requirement to provide updates since a company stops selling the device. So they better fix it or they will be sued.

https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/product-list/smartphones-and-tablets_en

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

There can be updates pushed out while not addressing this issue.