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For anyone who isn't already aware, this is a continuation of the work on CyanogenMod, after the company behind the latter closed down.

More here: http://www.gsmarena.com/lineage_os_is_now_officially_picking...

Thank you

thanks

If I recall, Cyanogenmod builds had sha1sums. Lineage should upgrade to sha256. They could also pgp sign them like Mozilla.

And also, they shouldn't offer https download links that redirect to http mirrors. It would be nice if websites didn't do this while browser developers still haven't come terms with this issue.

There are no known attacks which make SHA1 insecure in this context. Also according to this announcement, they will be signing the builds, which is vastly superior to any unverified checksum.

The signature is only as good as the hash it's using. SHA-1 is considered insecure. From Wikipedia:

SHA-1 is no longer considered secure against well-funded opponents. In 2005, cryptanalysts found attacks on SHA-1 suggesting that the algorithm might not be secure enough for ongoing use,[3] and since 2010 many organizations have recommended its replacement by SHA-2 or SHA-3.[4][5][6] Microsoft,[7] Google[8] and Mozilla[9][10][11] have all announced that their respective browsers will stop accepting SHA-1 SSL certificates by 2017.

"All official builds from LineageOS are signed with our private keys. You can verify a build has been signed with our keys by running ..."

http://wiki.lineageos.org/verifying-builds.html

"We will NOT be shipping root baked into the ROM."

Does anyone know why this is the case? Is there some kind of issue with shipping it rooted + a root manger (SuperSU, Superuser, etc) as CyanogenMod did?

I too would like an answer to this. If I'm flashing my phone already...

Having root makes many apps not work (e.g. Android pay) so if you're not going to use it you're better off not having it.

Android pay requires stock, any custom ROM will fail even without root.

why not built in superuser anymore?

Lets hope Steve remembers to do the right thing (tm) this time.

Edit: in particular, next time someone in his organization does/says something incredibly stupid I want Steve to stop it right away instead of waiting 2 years...

Let's hope so

> next time someone in his organization does/says something incredibly stupid I want Steve to stop it right away instead of waiting 2 years...

Can you fill me in, please?

The head of the now-defunct Cyanogen Inc famously said “we’re putting a bullet through Google’s head.”

Is that so incredibly stupid? Did Google really start aggressively competing with Cyanogen and that's why they went down?

Google created the technology they were making money of.

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

>Google created the technology they were making money of.

yeah so? That may be called ungrateful, but it's not necessarily a stupid move.

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