• traceur301@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 hours ago

    Graphene has locked itself to google hardware, and google can cripple them at any point by stopping bootloader unlocks. We need to go deeper, or aim higher as it were

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      3 hours ago

      They have stated that they’re more than willing to work with any manufacturer who is prepared to make a device that meets their security standards. But as it stands, Pixels are the only unlockable devices that meet that standard.

      Someone like Fairphone could do pretty well from a tie-in with Graphene. But it’s up to them.

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      8 hours ago

      Not that they locked themselves but other vendors locked and isolated themselves by not provideing enough hardware and software security measures so graphebne will be able to strenghten them