i’ve been using graphene os for about a decade now and my second pixel (6a) is approaching it’s end date. i am not a techy person. i am, however someone concerned with digital privacy. when enough people who i find trustworthy endorse technology like graphene, i take a leap of faith because the alternative seems so much worse.
to get to my point, i’m wondering how the fairphone compares to graphene. my understanding is that most fairphone users run lineage os. does the security compare? does the repairability of fairphone compromise its security? i’d really appreciate an expert opinion or two.
“Security cranked up to the max” is the point of GrapheneOS. So far Pixel phones have been the only phones with the required hardware for security, and security updates. Most other phones are way behind on security updates. Now that Motorola will have the right hardware they will support some Motorola models next year. If Fairphone wanted to make a secure phone they could lay the foundation in hardware and updates. Last I read from them they felt their security was good enough.
Exactly.
And that’s why I don’t daily-drive GrapheneOS, just like I don’t daily-drive a Ferrari, because I have no need for it and there are more important considerations for a nobody like me.
Yes, and I think that’s very valid of course. Many parts of Graphene are only really useful for people with a specific threat model.