For those unfamiliar, GrapheneOS is a privacy and security enhanced custom ROM endorsed by Snowden. Despite these big names, plenty of people give it backlash
Even @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml gives it backlash despite being a moderator of Lemmy’s biggest privacy community. A quote here: “grapheneOS trolls are downvoting every single post and comment of mine, and committing vote manipulation on Lemmy. They are using 5-6 accounts.” That was in response to downvotes on a comment posted in the c/WorldNews community, which is entirely unrelated to technology.
One of the reasons is that GrapheneOS can only be installed on Google Pixels due to security compatibility, which makes complete sense considering Android should be most compatible with Google’s own devices. GrapheneOS even lists the exact reasons they chose Pixels, and encourage people to step up and manufacture a different supported device.
One year ago, Louis Rossmann posted this video outlining his reasons for deleting GrapheneOS. Mainly, he had multiple bad experiences with Daniel Micay (the founder and main developer of GrapheneOS) which put his distrust in the GrapheneOS project. Since then, he has stepped down and will no longer be actively contributing to the project.
So, I am here to learn why exactly people still do not like GrapheneOS.
For a good reason. Pixels are currently the only phones besides iPhones with proper hardware security. Only Pixels support hardware memory tagging, have a secure element (Titan M2) that supports the Android StrongBox and Weaver API, insider attack resistance and hardware key attestation. They also have a programmable USB controller, that allows you to fully disable any USB data connections while the OS is running. The GrapheneOS team maintains a list with hardware requirements at https://grapheneos.org/faq#future-devices
Bla bla I will just keep the same phone I’ve had for years
Also I don’t care about the form factor of Pixels
Why is ur comment showing up blank for me?
Because Lemmy.ml mods are morons
How are they blanking a replay to a comment just cos the comment being replied to is on .ml thats cooked is it cos ur banned or cos im banned or both or are they just morons and screwed it up?
I don’t know why it’s blank, but when checking the c/privacy modlog from my instance, I can’t find anything.
But when I go to lemmy.ml and check the modlog from there, I see this:
Thats photographic proof of .ml selectively federating the modlog to do all sorts of dodgy things such as hiding who committed what actions and generally trying to hide mod/admin abuse.
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So .ml ia broken and nobody has fixed if for months now? U expect me to believe this bullshit. Also pretty sure the modlog doesnt include any posted link just a link to the post which should now no longer exist. The only reason I can imagine fucked shit would be in the modlog was if the .ml moderators where posting it in the summary field themselves.
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