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> Imagine a company that lets you use your current Samsung or Google or Sony or ASUS or whatever flagship phone, but with a truly open-source fork of Android wi
by ignoramous 4y ago
> Imagine a company that lets you use your current Samsung or Google or Sony or ASUS or whatever flagship phone, but with a truly open-source fork of Android with a Little Snitch built in, and security updates guaranteed
You describe the direction CalyxOS / DivestOS are going. And of course, there's the Pixel phones on GrapheneOS which arguably is more security-focused.
- javajosh 4y ago>CalyxOS I just read their homepage, and they don't have Google Play support. The requirement to run Google Play Services to access and run apps represents a serious anti-trust concern to me (and to the DoJ under any administration, I would imagine). Perhaps more importantly, I see no mention of any facility for network monitoring. >DivestOS Hadn't heard of this LineageOS fork, thanks. TBH I can't really tell how it differs from either Calyx or Divest. None of these tools have the top-line features I mentioned.
- ignoramous 4y ago> Perhaps more importantly, I see no mention of any facility for network monitoring. CalyxOS intends to build a comprehensive netmon: https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/calyxos/-/issues/349 https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS/calyxos/-/issues/349 Right now, they've got an ebpf-based firewall: https://calyxos.org/docs/tech/datura-details/ https://calyxos.org/docs/tech/datura-details/ > TBH I can't really tell how it differs from either Calyx or Divest. The lead developer is pretty active on github and fdroid forums: https://forum.f-droid.org/t/10105 https://forum.f-droid.org/t/10105