Why we need GNU/Linux on mobile devices (now more than ever)

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Mobile OS market share 2018

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Android is not an option

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Android is foss, isn’t it? ● crucial features are being moved to GMS, increasingly also security features ● every device has its own patched Linux kernel (and modified AOSP on older devices) ● many devices are locked down ● not a single fully functional foss android device exists

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Fuchsia and the Zirkon kernel the looming danger to our way of life

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 sound familiar? permissive-licensed kernel, proprietary userland….

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Where do we go from here?

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 anbox.io

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Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 L IUM HA halium.org (c) Halium Project