Luckily GrapheneOS has a duress passowrd feature. Very useful for these situatuons!

GrapheneOS!

The Titan security chip is not a black box. The Titan M1 gas been scrutinazed by blackhat: https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3503921.3503922

Just because something is not open source does not mean you can't verify it (no, i'm not shilling closed slurce; no i don't think closed > open; no i don't think closed source is more secure)

Why ? Just why ?

Disabling updates is not a good choice. If you use Windows, update Windows. Having an insecure and not up to date version of windows makes you more vulnerable

Hi! While your idea is understandable, i think we have to think about one thing: what about other vendors ? It's not like Samsung, Xiaomi, Fairphone etc. run on open source hardware. If you use any smarthpone, you have to accept you'll use closed source hardware. That being said, if we speak about hardware quality Google Pixels are the best ones, that's because you can install an alternative operating system without compromise the device's security. It does not make sense to go "fuck Google" and then buy another smartphone which came from a company that does the extact same thing - spy on you - but without the possibilty to install an alternative OS.

As a second thought, i think the theory "Google puts backdoors on Pixels to spy on users" has a big fallacy: Google already do that, but with a clear and legal privacy policy (photos, documents, backups, contacts, messages, emails, search history, location history and so on -- they can literally see everything about you). So, why they should do something illegal ? And for what purpose ? People put all their life on a service which does not encrypt anything, and if police needs data they can ask google and Google will give data to them. No backdoor needed.

Now, i'm not defending Google, of course. I'm just saying, hardware wise (and if you think about using an alternative privacy oriented OS) Google Pixels are the best choice.

A lot more has to put regarding this topic, but i don't have time to give you more information, i'm sorry :(

I will link the GrapheneOS's FAQ: https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices

If i was you, i would buy a Google Pixel 8 (8a is cheaper than 8 and 8 pro). They all provide support for GrapheneOS, have 7 years of updates, MTE, and so on

For context: https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-support

Thank you for sharing!

I personally blocked him and it was one of the best decision of my digital life. He's basically wasting his life spreading misinformation about GrapheneOS. He's simply too much to handled for my mind. Without seeing him, i feel this place is much more relaxing and useful to see it.

I completely agree with you. I think people downvoting me because "fuck Google" when in fact, hardware wise, is the best available to achieve privacy and security.

I use Florisboard. Noce keyboard!

https://florisboard.org/

Nice to see it!

Startpage is really nice. I use it when sites blocks VPN users like me since i can proxy every page i visit through them!

Typical. Why they are killing their own product with these shitty decisions ? (Retorical question)

I really like the project! Keep it up!

I did not know Kagi. Thank you!

Edit: spelling

Nore information at: https://grapheneos.org/features#duress

Yeah, it's a shame. Only Google seems to take updates seriously.

Hi! As far as i know, i think they basically sell an overpriced product since they just ship regural GrapheneOS without any change. It's better to just use the web installer provided by GrapheneOS (literally five minutes to install the OS on your phone). :)

Hi! One thing you could consider is using GrapheneOS which supports Android Auto without special priviliges!

https://9to5google.com/2024/01/03/graphene-os-android-auto/

https://grapheneos.org/usage#android-auto