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"It is a common userspace decision to lock things to userspace" Yes, running in userspace for the majority of tasks is good hygiene. Preventing the user from
by dingaling 1mo ago
"It is a common userspace decision to lock things to userspace"
Yes, running in userspace for the majority of tasks is good hygiene.
Preventing the user from ever escalating beyond that layer on their own devices, however, is restricting their freedom to control their device. When that happens with tractors, cars or other gadgets that's considered anti-user. The same attitude should extend to phones.
- DANmode 1mo agoYou can wipe the device and reinstall whatever at any time. You have complete control of the device. You choose to lock certain things when using GrapheneOS. That’s their security model. If you want to argue that, go study it and argue that. If your threat model is different, if your desired security model is different, then: it’s not for you, use one of many other options. Like all software projects, it doesn’t necessarily exist for you - or anyone specifically. It’s not harming you for it to exist.