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I would be interested to see a more comprehensive article. Pure OS, and the Librem phone get a lot of coverage but they aren't the totality of Linux phones. A
by padraic7a 5y ago
I would be interested to see a more comprehensive article.
Pure OS, and the Librem phone get a lot of coverage but they aren't the totality of Linux phones.
As I understand it Ubuntu Touch, which is the most mature Linux phone OS, does have app sandboxing.
This blog post might be a little out of date but is hopefully useful; https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-safety-architecture-25 https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-sa...
- jiggunjer 5y agoI'm considering a Cosmo communicator with Sailfish OS.
- mpol 5y agoSailfish already uses selinux and there is work in progress for firejail (sailjail). Sailjail is already enabled for system apps, but not for third party apps. Also, the Android App Support is running under LXC.
- zeotroph 5y agoThanks for the information, is there an page with an overview of the SailfishOS security concept and progress somewhere (other than reading the changelogs)?
- m4rtink 5y agoI found this: https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Security https://sailfishos.org/wiki/Security https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/privacy-and-security-of-sailfishos/6028 https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/privacy-and-security-of-sailf... But personally I don't think sandboxing is the the one and only ideal solution - already I can introspect the environment on my Sailfish OS device much better than an Android device with hundreds of opaque proprietary services running in background doing something. Also basically all the third part native apps are open source & developed by long term trusted community members. So I personally trust Sailfish OS devices much more to be secure and private just as a result of these things.