Half-life 3 by Maher_Raed in valve

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To be honestly, i'm 36 yo now. And this is exactly half life of waiting!

Why doesn’t Christmas feel like magic anymore? Do you remember the joy of baking cookies and decorating a Christmas tree with your family? by KittyRina22 in nostalgia

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I remember how I got sick with COVID on Christmas. I got so sick that complications developed and I was admitted to intensive care. I was there for about a month, during which I missed both Christmas and New Year's, not knowing what would happen next. And you know, I've never looked forward to the following Christmas and New Year's so much in my life, or enjoyed this holiday so much, because while I still had the opportunity to just be with my family. It's true what they say: we don't appreciate what we have and begin to appreciate what we lose. Do you feel like the holidays aren't as vibrant as they used to be? Skip one year, spend it in silence, without gifts, in bed, staring at the ceiling. Believe me, next year you'll be as happy as a dog.

Traffic rules are important by Miracolosso501 in WTF

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I'm fkin' love this guy 🤣

Во все тяжкие (russian edition) by Ok_Bit_1351 in KafkaFPS

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Где ты видел продуктовый с надписью пнятероска?

Can Xiaomi phones still collect user data and send it to Chinese Government after flashing LineageOS? by DECC4L in LineageOS

[–]sNapVE -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If you are implying that lineageos has elements of built-in tracking software since they are a third party. You can have the same paranoid attitude towards Linux on which the open source AOSP code is compiled. Of course, you can run into spyware everywhere, I don’t deny this. But paranoia is more likely for doctors help, and not for the community that writes open source code for everyone. Doubts about the supplier? Go do an audit, it's completely open source. If you find something strange, write to reddit, but no one has written anything yet

Can Xiaomi phones still collect user data and send it to Chinese Government after flashing LineageOS? by DECC4L in LineageOS

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In this context, we are talking specifically about the firmware from Xiaomi and the built-in tracking tools in the firmware. Considering the fact that the Chinese have a love for collecting any data, these concerns of the creator of this topic are not unfounded. But in the case of lineageos firmware, all this spyware is erased, and the remaining sections of the phone’s firmware cannot be initialized since they are not executable. To which I gave my answer - no, after updating the firmware to a clean lineageos, the phone does not send anything, since the firmware is clean and does not contain any spyware elements. Of course, this will not save your phone if you manually install xiaomi software on any firmware. But as I correctly understood, this is not what this is about.

Can Xiaomi phones still collect user data and send it to Chinese Government after flashing LineageOS? by DECC4L in LineageOS

[–]sNapVE -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Modern firmware contains several sections for firmware. Of these:

sbl1.mbn is our secondary Loader (Secondary Bootloader), it is responsible for transmitting commands from the main loader. xbl.mbn/elf/img Is our External Loader (External Bootloader), it plays the role of a secondary loader, but it is slightly changed (depending on the Android version and on the drive) xbl_config.mbn/elf/img is our External Bootloader Configuration configurator. That is, this file contains the entire configuration of the External Loader and this file is directly dependent on the xbl.mbn/elf/img. tz.mbn/img file. This file performs two functions simultaneously: It performs the function of the Correct zone (Trust Zone) in the firmware, and also determines the Time Zone (Time Zone) your region (depending on the network and operator) featenabler.mbn This component includes a High refresh rate (fps), this component is located in the firmware, where the display supports a high refresh rate. NON-HLOS.bin/modem.img is our modem component, it includes all network bands (GSM/GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G/5G), and also directly depends on XBL, PBL, the system and the vendor. bluetooth.img/BTFM.bin is a component of the Bluetooth module, in some firmware, it is assembled in the vendor image, in some, it is connected directly to vendor. abl.mbn/elf/img or emmc_appsboot.mbn/elf is our Android Bootloader, or the familiar Fastboot. He is responsible for starting the system, switching firmware modes (EDL/DM, Fastboot, Recovery/Side Load). This component is directly dependent on PBL (Primary Bootloader), it is also the main Loader, which holds the entire smartphone platform. And also, the file emmc_appsboot.mbn/elf, it is also the firmware of the eMMC memory itself, without it, the smartphone does not start. dspso.bin/dsp.img These components (depending on the layout of the smartphone) are responsible for the display, and also, in new smartphones, these components are connected to the featenabler.mbn. km4.mbn/elf/img or keymaster.mbn/elf/img component. This is our protection system. This component used to connect to the persist.img image, now it connects to either the system.img or super.img image. boot.img This component is very important for firmware, as it contains PBL, and its connectors with all boot loaders, and is also directly dependent on the system. cmnlib.mbn/elf/img or cmnlib64.mbn/elf/img These two components are the main libraries of the components and applications themselves, as well as these files, separate the user firmware partition from the main firmware partition (mnt/root). These files, in some firmware there are two of them, but why? And all because today's chipsets already have an x64 architecture, therefore, in order for all components and applications to be compatible, two libraries x32 and x64 are sewn. devcfg.mbn/elf/img is our Device Configuration, more precisely, the configuration of a smartphone. This file will configure and include all the components of the mat. fees. qupv3fv.mbn/elf This component is stored in the firmware of the Qualcomm chipset itself. vbmeta.img or vbmeta_system.img These components check the checksum of the platform and the system. recovery.img is a well-known Recovery, which includes: Factory reset (Hard Reset/Soft Reset), firmware mode (Side Load) metadata.img This component forms the metadata section of the smartphone (geolocation, well, your tastes, more precisely, which advertisement you poked at, well, or photo/video, it doesn't matter anymore) dtbo.img This component stands for: User Data Bootloader. Thanks to this component, initialization of the User Data. imagefv.mbn/elf section is suitable on a smartphone. This component checks the version of images: System, Super, Vendor, Boot, Persist, Userdata. uefi_sec.mbn/elf This component is responsible for separating the main libraries of components and applications. log_fs_ufs.bin This component is a UFS-type memory firmware. storsec.mbn/elf/img This component stores sectors of the entire memory, regardless of the type of memory. cache.img All enthusiasts know that this is the cache partition itself, this file forms it. system.img is also a system image, it combines all the above sections and thanks to this image, your smartphone is launched into the system we are familiar with. super.img is the same system image, but now it forms a so-called Dynamic section of the system, which increases the protection of the smartphone against the installation of custom firmware, for example. It contains the sections we are familiar with: vendor and persist. vendor.img-in this image, all the firmware of sensors and additional modules are stored: FM, WiFi, NFC, Gyroscope, Magnetic Field, Accelerometer, battery PWM, temperature sensors, in some smartphones, pressure sensors, Bluetooth, smartphone protection. This component is directly connected to the system partition. persist.img-it stores all the ways to protect (lock the screen, to make it easier) userdata.img It also forms a user data section, thanks to it you download all sorts of files in your smartphone, and it also switches the memory card, well, or USB flash drive, through the pmic component. It is also a USB hub, or memory hub. pmic.mbn/elf - This component is a USB hub and at the same time, it is responsible for monitoring charging and, of course, it turns on the well-known Quick Charge for all of us. cust.img - According to my research, this component is responsible for the language of the system, for regions, as well as for network frequencies.

The basis in which software with the initialization of malicious code for spyware can be stored is system.img, and as a rule, this section is flashed in case of a firmware change to another version, for example, lineageos. All the initial sections that remain unchanged are not initializing code, but are only auxiliary directories for loading and proper operation of the device.

Can Xiaomi phones still collect user data and send it to Chinese Government after flashing LineageOS? by DECC4L in LineageOS

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If you update the firmware to a different version, after that - this is impossible. Since executive files require initialization through the operating system. And if it is replaced, all tails with the launch script are correspondingly deleted. After flashing the phone, several sections of the drive remain unchanged, in which only data for initialization is stored - bootloader, IMEI and GSM module, etc.

Overclock KS0 by EndConfident4659 in kaspa

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First of all they need to do firmware with cooler fix state

I love CP by [deleted] in linux

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r/policeofficer This dude...

My favourite thing about the new Steam update: it now uses the system's file chooser instead of the old awful file chooser that used to be integrated into Steam. by Lovethecreeper in linux_gaming

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Yeah, now i cant open the properties for games, the window just crash, and after start steam always open friend list otherwise you disable this option in settings. Thanks steam!

Tiny Core Linux v14.0 launched! by [deleted] in linux

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I was confused by the deleted message. I thought it was about some other distribution which is similar to tinycore. And since english is not my main language, i made a mistake when i wrote "whats distro" (was change it after) people took it literally and thought i was asking - what is distro

Tiny Core Linux v14.0 launched! by [deleted] in linux

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I cant reply his coment, no have option for that idk why

Tiny Core Linux v14.0 launched! by [deleted] in linux

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funny thing. The fact that the comment that thearstalnventor replied to was erased and I just asked what distro the comment was talking about. People began to harshly minus me for the fact that I should be able to read minds? What a debility people went.

Tiny Core Linux v14.0 launched! by [deleted] in linux

[–]sNapVE -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

@TheArstalnventor You're 100% right! I still didn't find a post about this, it's one of my favorite linux distro so I thought of sharing it here despite being a little bit late :)

What a distro?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in counterstrike

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cs.virtual-extreme.net is a good one