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Right to Root Access

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Right to Root Access

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

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right to root access

right to repair laws should include provisions requiring manufacturers to unlock a device's bootloader (to provide root access) upon consumer request.

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Software can easily harm the actual device, so locking it to prevent that from happening in a warranty situation doesn’t seem super off-base to me.

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