I hear many people say that the Google Pixel is good for privacy, but is it?

I’m asking this because I find it weird, of all the companies, Google having the most “privacy”.

  • maudefi@lemm.ee
    18·
    10 months ago

    Google Pixel hardware is focused on providing a private relationship between the user (your data and behavioral patterns) and Google.

    Depending on your threat model you can flash custom roms to enhance your privacy and security posture.

    A lot of folks here seem to be of the “…just flash GrapheneOS and you’re good…” crowd but it’s not that simple and there are trade-offs that impact usability and user experience.

    There are a lot of interesting projects out there to choose from. Best advice is to work-up your real world threat model and do your reasearch.

    You may find Louis Rossman’s experience with GrapheneOS relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4To-F6W1NT0&t=1

    Here’s a few links to help get you started - there are many android projects. I am not affiliated nor am I explicitly endorsing any of these projects.

    CalyxOS https://calyxos.org/

    LineageOS https://lineageos.org/

    HavocOS https://havoc-os.com/

    ResurrectionRemix https://resurrectionremix.com/

    DerpFest https://derpfest.org/

    PixelExperience https://wiki.pixelexperience.org/

    GrapheneOS https://grapheneos.org/

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
      82·
      10 months ago

      Yeah the developer is very dramatic, but the project itself is still amazing. He did step down from lead, but the dude is a genius programmer. I’m still very confident on having it on my phone. I was using CalyxOS before, which I really like, but the sandboxed play services were a really killer feature for me on GrapheneOS.