alt Hacker NewsIn the past I often tend to replace stock Android with LineageOS but in today's world with so many attack vectors like for example malware in supply chains etc. I choose to stay with stock OS. I also have my bank apps and lot of my clients data/credentials stored on my accounts.
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fg137 • today at 11:36 AM
For Samsung phones, depending when the phone was released, you may be getting security updates months after they are provided by Google.
dannyw • today at 11:24 AM
Honestly LineageOS is probably a more secure root than the typical random android OEM; unless you're dealing with Samsung or Google.
How do you imagine that protects you? If anything I'm inclined to trust the LineageOS supply chain more than the OEM on account of being a smaller target, having less bloat, and being 100% open from start to finish.
For a particularly sensitive context I'd want to build the ROM myself on an appropriately secured machine running one of the major distros.