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What Is The Most Private Phone? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 5 months ago by Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That ranking makes sense, GOS is the best. It's just a shame they don't support non Pixel phones, of the rankings doesn't include other custom ROMs

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I understand the decision. It’s kind of unreasonable to expect a developer to maintain a release without access to reasonably-maintained source to work on.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yep.

But in the Real World, what's the pragmatic difference between Graphene and a well-managed Lineage or DivestOS device, since security and privacy are both managed via layers?

I'm genuinely not being snarky. I tried running Graphene and had issues, and their support was atrociously condescending and critical, so now I'm running DivestOS instead. I've run Lineage on other devices without Google.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think there’s definitely security concerns which is their highest priority. If the kernel isn’t maintained, security issues aren’t getting patched. You might be able to cobble something together, but there’s going to be holes.

I think they’re paranoid and that’s not a judgment. Rightly so if security is your first priority.

[–] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

According to the Graphene OS website, the main issue isn't even that. It's that you can't relock the boot loader on almost any device other than a Pixel. That leaves a huge security hole on the phone, and it's one that almost all rooted users of other phones have open, whether they realize it or not.

[–] anamethatisnt@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

A video where the uploader compares different phone operating systems using the LINDDUN threat model.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The unplugged rotary dial one at the back of the linen cupboard.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Landlines are easy to tap into, unfortunately.

Smartphones come with their own security concerns but it allows things like E2E encrypted VOIP to exist, at least.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

How you gonna tap into an unplugged rotary phone?

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I've hidden it and shall not tell you where.

[–] Zeon@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What about the PinePhone?

[–] mrus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

As soon as it can properly phone it might be included in such reviews.