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Motorola's GrapheneOS phones will launch in 2027 priced higher than Pixels (arstechnica.com)

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[–] cabbage@piefed.social 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

Edit: @plyth@feddit.org pointed out that Motorola is in fact split into two separate companies. The phone company is effectively Lenovo, so Chinese, and not related to the American surveillance technology branch.

Not sure I'd trust Lenovo/Motorola Mobility either, but that's a different story.

In June 2026, Motorola bricked its whole line of routers without any explanation, leaving their customers with broken hardware.

~~The main thing you're supporting is Motorola, the second biggest provider of surveillance technology in the US after Flock. Deflock lists 5% of the cameras as Motorola, but the share is increasing as backlash against Flock is growing and Flock cameras are replaced with more low key competitors.~~

~~404media has reported on how Motorola cameras are used by ice.~~

~~"Gotta support the cause" is one hell of a dangerous sentiment under capitalism.~~

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Fitting how the US part of the company does more survellance than the Chinese part

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago

Or so we hope, anyway.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 10 points 23 hours ago

Different company?

Motorola was split into two independent public companies: Motorola Solutions (its legal successor) and Motorola Mobility (spun off), on January 4, 2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola

[–] yxc999@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn I guess most of us didn't know that, thank you for sharing.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They're keeping a low profile on their surveillance technology while successfully marketing themselves as a privacy alternative in consumer tech. Its pretty fascinating to watch. I wouldn't blame anyone for missing it.

It's also worth reading up on Aviglon, a subsidiary of Motorola specializing in surveillance technology.