10-04-2020, 01:08 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-04-2020, 01:19 AM by SwordfishII.)
(10-03-2020, 11:30 PM)lot378 Wrote: It is very possible something could go very badly wrong with the PinePhone with careful reading so much is obvious. The other phones you're talking about have software already managing battery and thermal conditions which the PinePhone does not have yet. There is a vacuum where the work ought to be getting done by someone -- Pine64 has been sponsoring a couple of distros may be some money ought to go somewhere else if they're not already figuring out how to resolve the issue.
If a phone is getting hot or battery is being consumed really quickly those are indicators there could be an issue.
Again there has been zero demonstrable threat. Heat and battery drain are inherent on ALL phones being taxed and running at full speed.
Hardware fuses exist to prevent catastrophic fire. You ever have blue smoke come out of electronics? I have. No fire though. No explosions.
Hardware shutdowns due to overheat aren't software driven. The software side is to prevent damage to the cpu but again there is zero evidence the phone will explode even if that happened. Yes there should be software development to prevent the damage that could occur from a hardware shutdown. But I highly doubt the phone would "explode," as claimed.
Pentestors frequently develop proof of concept exploits to fully demonstrate the vulnerability.
This site is speculating and hasn't provided any proof of concept, just scary words. Show the issue if it exists. How many pinephones have exploded? If this issue is as serious as claimed and hyped, surely at least one? Surely that site owner could demonstrate the seriousness in action.
You can be scared and worried, but until this is actually demonstrated to be a significant threat, I won't be.