YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot

[leephillips]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/youtube-video-causes-pixel-phones-to-instantly-reboot/

[jqpabc123]

Google has lots of tricks for remotely changing how a phone works, like the ability to disable or enable code paths without pushing an update.

You may have possession of the hardware but Google is the real owner of it.

[jotato → jqpabc123]

So in other words, a feature flag? Widely used trick - if you want to call it that - in software

[jqpabc123 → jotato]

Google's remote capabilities and control over your Android phone extend well beyond a "flag".

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-force-...

[fyloraspit → jqpabc123]

That's only true if you continue to use their software

[jqpabc123 → fyloraspit]

Which means it is true in the overwhelming majority of cases.

Personally, I use e/OS/.

[red-iron-pine → jqpabc123]

Pixels are the easiest phones to slap a different image on. Get LineageOS on there, or whatever random and shady software you download off of XDA-Devs.

[Yeahsureok → red-iron-pine]

Modern pixels only got the ability to run lineageos a week ago.

https://www.knowyourmobile.com/news/lineageos-20-finally-add...

[kevviiinn → red-iron-pine]

Or even better: grapheneos

[gbro3n]

This is like the Janet Jackson song that crashed Windows Laptops, and even other laptops in proximity due to resonant frequencies in the song affecting hard drives: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=10... Rhythm Nation (https://amzn.to/3Zc4QNc) was the song!