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GrapheneOS is nice for people using Google Pixel phones. And useless for anyone else.
by jamaicahest 2y ago
GrapheneOS is nice for people using Google Pixel phones. And useless for anyone else.
- treypitt 2y agoFWIW the Pixel 8, the newest device offering Advanced Memory Protection, sells for less than $600 brand new right now. You can tune memory tagging & hardened memory allocation on a per-app basis. It's a game changer
- prmoustache 2y agoYou are saying that as if it was cheap. I am pretty sure most people buy <$250 smartphones. That is at least the case in my social circle, very few iphones, pixel, an awful lot of cheap Xiaomi Redmi and the Samsung Galaxies are usually the A line instead of the S line.
- nbdy 2y agoIf someone uses Xiaomi they probably also don't worry about privacy.
- kaanyalova 2y agoAt least it is possible (really annoying process) to unlock the bootloader on Xiaomi devices.
- GordonS 2y agoForgive my ignorance, but what is it about GrapheneOS that makes it better on Pixel devices?
- popol12 2y agoIt’s only available for Pixels.
- GordonS 2y agoAh, that would do it!
- astroid 2y agoIt's due to hardware reasons just as an FYI - I forget the specifics, so forgive me if this is dated, but I believe it had to do with some crypto-specific chip if I remember right.
- ranger_danger 2y agoYeah the proprietary blackbox security chip that they pinky promised to open source but never did...