cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20535453
Google made the Pixel 9 series even more secure than its predecessors by implementing changes to the baseband.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20535453
Google made the Pixel 9 series even more secure than its predecessors by implementing changes to the baseband.
Isn’t it actually a privacy nightmare?
https://cybernews.com/security/google-pixel-9-phone-beams-data-and-awaits-commands/
But security ≠ privacy. So if you want to give all your data away, just not directly but through google, it’s perfect.
Or you could use graphene.
will using a custom ROM not break the security of the device as designed by Google? or will relocking the bootloader be enough?
Graphene is custom developed specifically for the security hardware features of pixel phones
As designed by Google? Yes. Does it break security in general? No. I am not deep into Android security, but AFAIK the main issue with custom ROMs is the open bootloader, which Graphene does not have.
All of the security features mentioned in the article even started from work done by GrapheneOS - they’re simply upstreamed now
I haven’t seen any security problems unique to custom ROMs, especially if you relock the bootloader. The biggest issue is that you can lose device integrity or safetynet checks, which means you may not be able to use some apps, like banking.
These are not mutually exclusive.