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[–] 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I feel vindicated for pivoting to Ubuntu Touch. It's far from secure and is admittedly inferior to Android right now, but at least it has no dependence on Google. I kind of saw this coming the second they annouced closing down Android and making security fixes no longer open source

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    It has security through obscurity, for what that's worth. As in, no one's tailoring large-scale phishing efforts and the like towards a Linux phone. Also, being willing to daily drive a Linux phone probably means you have good enough opsec awareness to avoid becoming low-hanging fruit.

    All bets are off if a nation-state or the likes of Palantir go after the platform or a specific user/device, but you're Probably Safe™ from most run-of-the-mill bullshit targeting phones these days. Your phone might not be secure in a technical sense, but the juice just isn't worth the squeeze.

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