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The Motorola one is partially acceptable. I had no idea, thank you! It’s unfortunate they fail to mention the threat of spyware, since that would make more sense to a typical consumer than “you’ll shoot your eye out, kid” as shown here. More work to do here, Motorola.

Do all manufacturers offer that sort of clear warning text, or just Motorola? The unlock icon alone is meaningless.



Samsung phones also warn you if there security features of Knox (their security platform) have been bypassed or turned off in red letters at boot.


Do they warn non-technical users on every boot that their device could be used to spy on them in language plainly understandable to a consumer?

I’m glad they have any warning at all - but warning in tech developer terms and warning in consumer-understood terms are entirely separate problems, as Motorola’s insufficient developer-focused terminology demonstrates.


You have moved the goalpost quite a bit by expecting such high standards from Android. As in you're asking for a message that absolutely every user can understand, while for iOS you've been totally fine with power users being necessary to identifying threats.

My Sony and a Huawei I set up for a family member show similar warnings after unlocking them, btw.


Oneplus tells you that the bootloader is unlocked and that the entire device is not to be trusted




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