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> stay as far away from MicroG as possible, it seriouly cripples the security of GrapheneOS by a lot. Do you mind sharing some details on this? I did not hear
by passerby1 5y ago
> stay as far away from MicroG as possible, it seriouly cripples the security of GrapheneOS by a lot.
Do you mind sharing some details on this? I did not hear strong statements like this one before.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoIIRC It requires allowing apps to mimic other app's signatures and pretend to be them, "signature spoofing". MicroG mimics the Google play services signature. But that is really crippling, because apps can now spoof other apps signatures, essentially apps can pretend to be other apps. That opens a lot of opportunities for an attacker.
- bnr 5y agoWith the set of patches used eg in lineageos4microg, spoofing is restricted to the microG core app.
- 0xdeadb00f 5y agoYou're still taking a risk. its a risk that I won't take but you're welcome to for the sake of convenience.