StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square97linkfedilinkarrow-up1469arrow-down15cross-posted to: googlepixel@lemmy.world
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minus-squarew3ird_sloth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·3 months agoGraphene OS is working well for me and installation was pretty straightforward. As people have said, though, it needs access to the bootloader.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months 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-up5·3 months agoYep. Unfortunately, Graphene requires further investment in google products. Buy used/refurbished! Or go with Lineage.
minus-squareChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoAlso, google is cracking down on custom ROMS too, checkout the calyxos blog, it is rough.
minus-squaresteal_your_face@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoPixel phones are so damn cheap on eBay. There’s no reason to buy directly from google.
minus-squarekalpollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI’d say its as secure but not as private as Graphene.
minus-square[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months 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.
Graphene OS is working well for me and installation was pretty straightforward. As people have said, though, it needs access to the bootloader.
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.
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.
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.