As an alternative, if you wanted something less secure, and more ethical, consider buying a Fairphone. However GrapheneOS does not support Fairphone at this moment.
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Bring on support for more devices, and I'll likely switch with my next phone.
They're working on an alternative device with a large OEM they've not disclosed yet. They're aiming at releasing it in 2027.
The smart money is they're going to go with Motorola, honestly idc who they go with it'll likely be my next phone
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Its not up to grapheneos devs which devices support bootloader relocking with different keys, literally only pixels allow this and without it you cant properly secure the phone.
..without it you cant properly secure the phone.
My understanding is that a locked bootloader helps protect against evil maid attacks and bootloader-level malware persistence. I find this a security risk that I would absolutely take for Google independence. "Properly secure" is subjective.
GrapheneOS do decide what phones they support. It is exactly their choice to support only Google Pixels, rather than taking a security hit for hardware independence (whether you agree with the decision or not).
Exactly, seems like this should be up to the consumer. The devs can say: pixels have best security, here's a 2nd and 3rd option, here's their pros and cons.
Because as much as I approve of privacy measures and security, my phone doesn't have any lock screen. No pin, no biometrics, nothing.
I work from home, I don't really travel, I have 4 children. Physical security is annoying. I want grapheneos for data security. I don't have people trying to steal my phone, I do have people constantly stealing my data.
And without a non-pixel option (fuck google), I'm likely to go for to a competitor because, while their data security might not be as good as graphene, it is better than what I currently have.
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pixels are unobtanium where i live. i wish there could be graphene on more phones.
They are in talks with a major android manufacturer to build graphene phone.
and it's gonna be cheap and readily available worldwide, right?
I can only dream
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I have a Galaxy S22. How do I do that?
Sorry bud. GrapheneOS specifically requires an OEM unlockable Google Pixel phone
Yeah no we regular folk are stranded on corpo beach. And all the coconuts have candy crush running inside.
I don’t think you can 😫
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