Figured out a way to make the fingerprint sensor on my old android unusable without physical damage. https://www.zdnet.com/article/android-and-ios-devices-impacted-by-new-sensor-calibration-attack/
Very excited for the Librem 5 when it comes out!
No rush to the team making the Librem 5, they have been so good about updates and getting things right!
@nickh I only ever used it to turn the screen on. Never used to the feature myself. Mostly likely I'll just put tape over it. Rest of the back panel has tape on it keep it from popping off all the time. lol
@pkimpton same here, only used it as a power button. I found that if I load the old firmware/radio on this phone, it got better signal in my area and the fingerprint senor does even log (logcat) or register. Ultimate "feature not a bug" moment for me!
@nickh Nice. I used to use double tap on the screen. But in my pocket, etc. Keeps turning the screen on, etc. So switched that off again.
@pkimpton I can't do the double tap either, with little ones around. Saw you pre-ordered too! Very exciting times!
Also considering pre-ordering the PinePhone, as a back up. I see myself loading a few operating systems on it for fun (much like I do/did with android). I just can't justify having two phones on pre-order at the same time.
As a side note, first change would be using an encrypted MicroSD as the /home dir and setting up a second OS via dual boot.
@nickh I'm saving up for this as well as a Raspberry Pi so I can ditch Dropbox when my plan comes to an end same with Google Drive. https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pyra/
@nickh been eyeballing it for awhile. So now that I have a weekly paying job. I'll be able set aside some money weekly for it and pay off some debts.
@pkimpton WOW I have not seen that device before! That just made it to my possible future devices list!