StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down16
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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·6 days agoAnd a Pixel - the only device it currently runs on (not a criticism, it’s because Pixel is the only device with a TPM). Lineage runs on a lot more phones. It’s nit as secure as Graphene, but arguably more secure than what a phone ships with.
minus-squarew3ird_sloth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days agoYep. Unfortunately, Graphene requires further investment in google products. Buy used/refurbished! Or go with Lineage.
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoPixel phones are so damn cheap on eBay. There’s no reason to buy directly from google.
minus-squareChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoAlso, google is cracking down on custom ROMS too, checkout the calyxos blog, it is rough.
minus-squarekalpol@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI’d say its as secure but not as private as Graphene.
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI think you are mixing up the two terms. Lineage OS is way less secure than Graphene OS. Lineage OS doesn’t even officially support Re-Locking of bootloader under custom keys, so it could be easily tampered with, and they also lack all the hardening that Graphene OS have.
And a Pixel - the only device it currently runs on (not a criticism, it’s because Pixel is the only device with a TPM).
Lineage runs on a lot more phones. It’s nit as secure as Graphene, but arguably more secure than what a phone ships with.
Yep. Unfortunately, Graphene requires further investment in google products. Buy used/refurbished! Or go with Lineage.
Pixel phones are so damn cheap on eBay. There’s no reason to buy directly from google.
Also, google is cracking down on custom ROMS too, checkout the calyxos blog, it is rough.
I’d say its as secure but not as private as Graphene.
I think you are mixing up the two terms.
Lineage OS is way less secure than Graphene OS. Lineage OS doesn’t even officially support Re-Locking of bootloader under custom keys, so it could be easily tampered with, and they also lack all the hardening that Graphene OS have.