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Pro/Con of DeGoogled Phone operating systems

Graphene

Pro: Good optional sandbox for Google push. And advanced security features such as:

1) Hardened to resist memory attacks

2) Better sandboxing (access policies)

3) Enhanced verified boot

4) Attestation tool to diagnose Pegasus malware

5) Browser reducing β€œjust in time” JavaScript

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Con: Only Google manufactured hardware, which is the most likely to have hardware backdoors. Titan-M security chip is closed source and therefore untrusted to protect me from Google/Government

Calyx

Pro: Similar DeGoogled experience to Graphene, but supports a wide group of phone manufacturers outside the 5 eyes including Fairphone, OnePlus, Vivo, Xiaomi, ZTE, and Huawei. LOL, Do you trust Google or the Chinese? Calyx also has a great built in Firewall app to cut off apps from the internet

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Con: While Calyx is better for avoiding Google’s unknown hardware backdoors, it doesn't have Graphene's advanced security against known targeted attacks. Additionally, if you need Google push notifications, then it uses MicroG instead of Graphene's sandbox, which isn't as good at isolating Google from the core system data.

Lineage

Pro: Works on an even larger variety of hardware, so you got a lot of choice. Lineage is also great for fake android virtual machines on your desktop PC. You can easily spin up a VM with this and use spyware apps. While as Graphene won't allow this under current builds, and Calyx requires "annoying to use" Android developer kits to do it.

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Con: Can't lock the bootloader. Controversial security issues.

Pinephone (Linux phone)

Pro: It's good to see alternatives to Android. Hardware "brains" are open source.

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Con: Low amount of apps because it's not using Android's ecosystem. Not as good performance as Android. Lacks Android's good security model, and it still uses closed source hardware to communicate: WiFi and LTE modem (they had to)

Purism's Librem 5

Scam. They won't ship it, don't buy it.

Summary,

Graphene - Extra Security, IF you trust Google's hardware

Calyx - Good for non-Google hardware & app firewall

Lineage - Great for VMs

Pinephone - Boycott Google

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Wwyd? I'm leaning toward GrapheneOS.

Democracy is extremely dangerous to everything. Two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.

GrapheneOS announced near-future support for Android Auto on 12/02/23.

GM announced that they will no longer be supporting Android Auto integration on 12/10/23 because of "driver safety".

This leads me to question whether there is a federal agency backdoor to your phone through the car's telecom connection. Remember: Android Auto required a BOATLOAD of access to work, which is why it took GrapheneOS so long to implement it. They already snoop on you many other ways, including through your push notifications, which usually go through Google servers before getting to you on stock Android.

I could be wrong, but this certainly warrants suspicion.

There's a tendency in the human mind to search for one thing which can become a focal point for all else. Some choose God, some choose money, some choose crypto, some choose tech, many others. Those that know me would say mine is liberty, but liberty is actually the byproduct of my beliefs. We all must start by worrying about ourselves first and work out from there to family, friends, and community - in that order. Everything beyond that is circumstantial and subjective given the current state of humanity.

They couldn't BEAR the idea of getting mauled. I'll see myself out.

Challenge accepted. Elaborate on the viability of community level nullification efforts using privatization of municipal services as a transitional measure to eliminate the state. Of course, this would be coulled with a social club aspect to create a true communal resource and harness the power of the many while removing the shackles of state tyranny. All of this would stand as a key step in the transition to ordered anarchy.

One could significantly reduce bots on a social network by enacting a price on users. While X is messing with the idea of charging everyone, NOSTR could simply enact a relay processing cost on users, making bot armies resource intensive.

Skin in the game should benefit the network, not the owner. That said, I think Musk is genuinely trying to progress toward true freedom, but is dealing with a different set of confines than a decentralized solution.