Google made the Pixel 9 series even more secure than its predecessors by implementing changes to the baseband.
  • dinckel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Google claiming it’s a security juggernaut is the same as when my dad used to burn music on MiniDisk, after being convinced that it “expands quality” beyond lossless

    • Lucy :3@feddit.orgEnglish
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      1 month ago

      But security ≠ privacy. So if you want to give all your data away, just not directly but through google, it’s perfect.

      Or you could use graphene.

      • scorp@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        1 month ago

        will using a custom ROM not break the security of the device as designed by Google? or will relocking the bootloader be enough?

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I haven’t seen any security problems unique to custom ROMs, especially if you relock the bootloader. The biggest issue is that you can lose device integrity or safetynet checks, which means you may not be able to use some apps, like banking.

        • einkorn@feddit.orgEnglish
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          1 month ago

          As designed by Google? Yes. Does it break security in general? No. I am not deep into Android security, but AFAIK the main issue with custom ROMs is the open bootloader, which Graphene does not have.

          • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 month ago

            All of the security features mentioned in the article even started from work done by GrapheneOS - they’re simply upstreamed now