StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down15
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minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 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-squarekalpol@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoI’d say its as secure but not as private as Graphene.
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 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.
minus-squarew3ird_sloth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoYep. Unfortunately, Graphene requires further investment in google products. Buy used/refurbished! Or go with Lineage.
minus-squareChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoAlso, google is cracking down on custom ROMS too, checkout the calyxos blog, it is rough.
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoPixel phones are so damn cheap on eBay. There’s no reason to buy directly from google.
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.
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.
Yep. Unfortunately, Graphene requires further investment in google products. Buy used/refurbished! Or go with Lineage.
Also, google is cracking down on custom ROMS too, checkout the calyxos blog, it is rough.
Pixel phones are so damn cheap on eBay. There’s no reason to buy directly from google.