NSA releases security-enhanced Android (The H)

Posted Jan 21, 2012 7:39 UTC (Sat) by rqosa (subscriber, #24136)
In reply to: NSA releases security-enhanced Android (The H) by rich0
Parent article: NSA releases security-enhanced Android (The H)

> I find it hard to justify paying $100 for hardware that I actually prefer less, simply because the OEM isn't locking it down. It makes far more sense to look at locked phones that already have exploits available.

But for someone who cares about the continued availability of unlock{ed,able} Android devices in the marketplace, it makes sense to support the manufacturers that intentionally make their devices that way, instead of supporting those that tried to lock down their devices and failed.