Lemmy unfortunately has a word limit for posts, and I had to break my post into 5 parts, 4 as comments, to be able to post it. So, comments and questions can be put here.
Lemmy unfortunately has a word limit for posts, and I had to break my post into 5 parts, 4 as comments, to be able to post it. So, comments and questions can be put here.
But my point here is all of the devices you recommend use proprietary microcode at some level or another. Why trust a security chip any less than the radio firmware when it comes to nefarious vendor backdoors?
As far as google devices go, they’re the only ones (except for some oneplus phones AFAIK) that allow you to use custom signed keys and relock your bootloader. As far as attack surfaces go, that allows you to plug a pretty big one if you want to use a hardened android release like graphene. If you’re worried about security and privacy this is your best bet as long as android rules the mobile device world.
I’m optimistic for the future of native linux mobile devices,but I have been saying that since I bought a brand new N900 15 years ago. Hopefully graphene follows their roadmap to abandon android for native linux when it becomes more feasible. I just wouldn’t trust any vendor supplied firmware, no matter how degoogled you make it, and try to use devices which allow you to relock the bootloader with your own keys.
I do not agree with GrapheneOS’ lead developer’s vision, his attitude towards community or any of his supporters who are a toxic cult at this point. He and his minions more often than simply lie and grift about how, since there is enough proprietary blobs, we should add a whole piece of proprietary blackbox in the name of security chip on top of it, made by Google. This is a NSA slave that provides for USA military’s inhuman activities using the smartphone metadata they collect on us, as admitted by CIA former head Hayden.
Also, this masterlist comment, that I formulated over 3 years of interaction, should reveal to you the reality of madaidan, cn3m and all kinds of sockpuppets that originate from GrapheneOS community that claim in third person they are security experts https://lemmy.ml/post/73800/comment/66676
Edit: forgot this one, nobody talks about this for a supposed ROM for activist level threat model https://np.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/pjl4bh/what_is_your_opinion_of_grapheneos_conforming_to/
What does the dev not being a nice guy have to do with device security?
How is google collecting my metadata if they have no acesss to my device? Pixel+graphene is still a much better option than any stock firmware.
Feel free to crack it open and prove me wrong. I’m sure they have some good bounties you can collect on.
Also oh no camera noise boo hoo that proves graphene is in the pocket of Japanese government? You’re really reaching with that one.
I think I already showed you the issues above, but it is upto you to acknowledge them. Some do, some do not. Many get driven away from GrapheneOS on a regular basis due to receiving no technical support, and only hostility from community upon asking for support. And Pixels with GrapheneOS are not audited by any independent authority for those big claims of big security and best combo and all that marketing buzzwords.
Unless you are willing to purposely reduce it to a mere behaviour issue, you could easily see what all is wrong here. Micay bans and blocks people and leaves his minions and sockpuppet army to harass people that criticise him as well, no matter what social media platform.
I see a madaidan-tier argument, I flick it in the bin. Not going to engage in this kind of intellectual dishonesty.
I have not seen ONE open source community custom ROM in my life that implements such kind of functionality that caters to a government’s rules, let alone a security/anonymity ROM with a niche audience that hates such shenanigans in the first place. Even if it may nit be conspiratorial, it makes me very suspicious in even thinking of touching it with a 10 foot pole, and then people come to bash me just for pointing out this nonsense vision of the developer. Cultist stuff is not meant for an open community, it belongs to cults that obey instead of thinking.
Yeah I would have banned you too. It seems like you simply have a bone to pick with strcat since you got banned.
Your arguments are cyclical and you have not given any valid evidence towards pixel devices being backdoorerd or graphene being google/NSA/CIA/etc shills.
Also I’m pretty sure most of the stock ROMs you recommend keeping all have cameras with shutter sounds.
If you hate google so much then why are you recommending ANY android devices?
EDIT: just to test it, I muted all sounds on my phone and tried taking a picture. Guess what? No shutter sounds.
Sure, I am picking a bone. Go express your love to strcat, I have no time for trolls that worship him and his grifty cult that bans any people that question him.
Want to be a mental gymnast? 2022 Olympics are coming soon. I am not one, so I no longer want to compete with you.
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I think my ‘mental gymnastics’ are actually valid criticisms. Honestly I want to know why if you’re so worried about privacy and security then why not just reccomend a Linux device with no ties to google? Or better yet, no connected devices since its super easy for the gubmebt to track LTE signals.
Every device you recommended is an android device yet you claim that google is the enemy. Why wouldn’t you also assume that these stock vendor ROMs have backdoors in them as well? Just degoogling and using fdroid isn’t enough when some random company holds the keys to your device.