Funny, the comment types here are the same as on Youtube:
- “I still run Android and it is totally fine, will never switch Android just got worse!”
- “Well, money”
- “Companies need to support phones longer”
- “I just use LineageOS on that device”
- Misinformation
LineageOS was not fully degoogled before GrapheneOS devs came and did that. I think now LineageOS also has these patches.
They also dont apply hardening, also not for privacy. The webview for example is just Chromium.
There are a ton of features, all listed on grapheneos.org
Many are pretty technical, a lot of them are for very high threat models. I mean, we still all manage to kinda not get hacked. But that may be because we live under governments that are not full dystopia, yet. Or because we are just boring.
GrapheneOS is likely overkill, but I like to have the most security I can get. These guys are doing amazing work, hacking Android at very low levels. For example they found a way to completely disable the USB port, I think using the same mechanism as the “water detection” would use to shut it off.
Or storage and contact scopes, or the hardening everywhere. Pin scrambling.
A lot could be improved, LineageOS has way better AOSP apps for example. These should land in GrapheneOS.
I’ll just keep using Lineage OS as that’s what works best for me. You can use what you want but my experience is that the Graphene community is toxic and arrogant. I don’t want to be a part of that community. If anything I would use Calyx OS
It is true that there is toxicity and arrogance among these people. I can forgive them because
CalyxOS is way less secure, in a lot of parts. It is mainly just LineageOS.