• 520@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    And how do you know there aren’t hardware level trackers in Google’s chips? The kind Graphene can’t override? Do you trust Google not to do that?

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      1 year ago

      Because this will get .001% more total data considering the low number of GrapheneOS users. Besides, this is highly illegal and would result in significant public outcry and legal consequences far greater in cost than any potential benefits.

      And if you cannot trust Google with their processors, you cannot trust any other company either.

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        1 year ago

        Because all of that has stopped OEMs in the past…oh wait! No it hasn’t (looks at Lenovo)

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      The people who install Graphene and other modified Android variants on their devices are a lot more likely to be monitoring packets sent from their devices.

      Believe me, we’d know the same day an android device that had been de-Googled called home. That would make worldwide news.

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      Ultimately you can’t know everything. At some point you have to trust someone. The graphene people seem to know they are doing imo. Ultimately everything is flawed, you just have to know when to say "good enough ". The pixel hardware is pretty great imo and they are often cheap, so I think it’s worth considering them given that they can be hardened in various ways.

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      Yeah I trust them not to do it. Cause when it was found out not if when it would hurt them.