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Not really. Cyanogen is OK, but it's just Android. The hardware problems are still there: i) no drivers so GNU/Linux can't be ported ii) the baseband processor
by nextos 12y ago
Not really. Cyanogen is OK, but it's just Android. The hardware problems are still there: i) no drivers so GNU/Linux can't be ported ii) the baseband processor is usually badly isolated so it's easy to attack the device.
- gizmo686 12y agoIf you can port Cyanogenmod, then don't you have a functioning Linux kernel that you can use to run any Linux based OS?
- nextos 12y agoYou do, this is Ubuntu Mobile strategy at the moment AFAIK. However, drivers in ARM platforms are very opaque. You rely upon the goodwill of the manufacturer to update them, and most of the time they don't. See how most devices get unsupported in Cyanogenmod after a while. And in any case, all the privacy concerns remain. It's a hardware issue. Android would be fine.
- mirimir 12y agoBest practice here is using a WiFi-only device with a separate cell modem. So you have hardware baseband isolation. See <https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-impossible-hardening-android-security-and-privacy> https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-impossible-hardenin....
- j_s 12y agoworking link: https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-impossible-hardening-android-security-and-privacy https://blog.torproject.org/blog/mission-impossible-hardenin...
- pakled_engineer 12y agoThen you run into problems with WiFi such as it broadcasting all your preferred networks/tracking, and the sad state of proprietary WiFi drivers. Blackphone uses Kismet WiFi Manager to prevent MAC broadcasting and other issues https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kismetwireless.android.smarterwifimanager&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kismetwire...
- mirimir 12y agoThat's true. But at least it's legal to spoof MAC.