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[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago (1 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?

[–] undu@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days 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

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

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