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Pixels are consistently "third party Android builds friendly", plus GrapheneOS has a list of required security features (beyond their control): https://graphene
by petu 4mo ago
Pixels are consistently "third party Android builds friendly", plus GrapheneOS has a list of required security features (beyond their control): https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
e.g. first one in the list:
> Support for using alternate operating systems including full hardware security functionality
GrapheneOS wants users to lock the bootloader (≈enable Secure Boot) after install by providing user signing keys (avb_custom_key) -- that already seems to leave only Pixel, Nothing and Fairphone.
https://github.com/chenxiaolong/avbroot/issues/299 https://github.com/chenxiaolong/avbroot/issues/299
- cromka 4mo agoWhy don't they support Fairphone and Nothing, then?
- HybridStatAnim8 4mo agoThese devices fall far behind the industry standard hardware security requirements GrapheneOS has.
- efreak 4mo agoIf they're only supported on a single line of devices made by a single company and there are thousands of devices made by hundreds of companies, then that's not industry standard. It might be better than industry standard, and it might be good, but it's hardly common.
- HybridStatAnim8 4mo agoMost of the hardware security requirements are met by multiple lines of devices. The issue is, not all of them are met. Many have poor updates or intentionally cripple standard features for anti competitive reasons. So no, they are not "only met on a single line of devices", in fact Samsung gets super close, but they remove yellowboot support and cripple the device if you unlock the bootloader.
- cromka 4mo agoWasn't it just explained they meet the criteria?
- HybridStatAnim8 4mo agoFairphone and Nothing do not come anywhere close to meeting the criteria for GrapheneOS device support.
- petu 4mo agoMaybe I didn't put it clear enough: __just the first__ GrapheneOS requirement leaves us with three brands. There's 20+ more items on the list after that, Nothing and Fairphone likely fail on them.
- cromka 4mo agoFair.