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aboringusernameyesterday at 5:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's funny how much Google lies about Android being 'secure' [1] and how much GrapheneOS, for free, improves the security of everyone with their work. Google should be, immediately, merging all patches/changes GrapheneOS makes and releasing a new build of Android to AOSP. Instead, users are subject to weak efforts to protect their security and privacy while Google parade about how good and amazing they are. They mention [1] 'This unencrypted data can be used to build user profiles or, in the hands of malicious actors'...And can't see the irony. They ARE the malicious actor and they absolutely build profiles about everyone. Whatever happened to the 'privacy sandbox' initiative again?

Anyone who values Graphene's work will purchase one of their Motorola devices, whatever the cost, otherwise it seems your choices are going to be giving up more data and control to Google, because they are clearly, obviously and systematically trying to remove GOS from Pixels (lack of source code, removing hardware features, making it purposely difficult to support pixels).

I predict by 2030 GrapheneOS will not support any new pixels entirely. The existing pixels will eventually die off and that will be that.

[1]: https://blog.google/security/new-android-network-security-pr...


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palatayesterday at 11:49 PM

> Anyone who values Graphene's work will purchase one of their Motorola devices, whatever the cost

Well the current Motorola Signature (2026) is 3 times the price of a Pixel. Not everyone can afford "whatever the cost".

I hope Motorola will just get more and more phones to support GrapheneOS.

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inigyouyesterday at 5:55 PM

They see the irony, they know the irony, they know their money comes from that irony being ignored so they will never lampshade it.

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