OK, so I’ve discovered what happened with my lack of updates.
My problem was that I hadn’t received any update since I’d got the phone at the end of october. The security patch was September 5th.
I got a very weird answer from support saying that, as my mobile operator was Orange (France), I had to get in touch with them for the updates, even though I bought my FP3 directly from Fairphone and not through Orange. I answered saying I strongly disagreed with that, but it gave me an idea : I switched my mobile data to my work SIM which is an other operator (SFR), and I immediately had updates available, 3 to be precise : one for September, one for October and one for December. I was in fact 3 updates late.
My conclusion is that the partnership between Orange and Fairphone had led to a technical misinterpretation in considering that all FP3s with an Orange SIM were purchased through Orange and also had to receive updates through them. The problem is that FP3s like mine which were purchased directly on the FP3 website are not configured for the Orange updates and are probably refused access to the “normal” FP3 updates, or something like it.
So I would advise anybody who hasn’t received the October update to try with another SIM (or perhaps no SIM at all?).
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