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wkat4242yesterday at 8:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

I don't think a mega corp having full access to my phone while me not having that is very "secure". Sure it's pretty ok against third parties but in my threat model Google and Apple are also adversaries. Microsoft too by the way.

In my model my Linux pc is a lot more secure as there's no adversary having direct access and more control than me.


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charcircuityesterday at 10:44 PM

By this definition no operating system Google releases will be secure to you. I think it would be a more productive discussion if you could argue about security ignoring that you have to trust the person who wrote your operating system or designed your cpu.

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gf000yesterday at 10:40 PM

Privacy != Security

We shouldn't be happy with the state of security on Linux, while simultaneously enjoying its privacy benefits.