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Im gonna be honest i really don't care about that. There is no sensitive data on my phone except maybe social media logins and i have a recent backup so🤷
Odd choice to use GrapheneOS if you don't care about security. More power to you, though.
Was more a privacy switch than a security switch
I trust you have your own threat model and know what's best for you, but in my opinion privacy necessitates security.
The long term support might make it worth using, even if you don't care about security/privacy
that's fair I suppose, I wasn't saying not to use it, just that it is worth noting. these strict security policies are what makes mobile platforms much more secure than desktop platforms. I typically use my phone for security sensitive tasks because of this, so I tend to care a lot more about this stuff. if you have any banking info or password managers stored on the device, be careful.
I'll admit, it is pretty unlikely anything to happen, though. always just better knowing.