GrapheneOS, a privacy and security-focused Android-based operating system, has posted a series of tweets on X suggesting that Android should introduce frequent auto-reboots to make it harder for forensic software vendors to exploit firmware flaws and spy on the users.
  • shikitohno@kbin.social
    91·
    10 months ago

    This is still kind of reading like “Look, I know ‘pretty phones over privacy’ is a bad take, so no, but really, yeah.”

    Basically all the positives you’ve mentioned have been aesthetic, with one you even admit is worse to actually use, but which you prefer the look of.

    • sydEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      But it is not like I don’t care. I care within some limits. Using a phone I don’t like aesthetically is not in that limits.

      • shikitohno@kbin.social
        11·
        10 months ago

        See, this

        I care within some limits. Using a phone I don’t like aesthetically is not in that limits.

        and this

        No no, I would prefer privacy.

        are in direct opposition. They are irreconcilable positions. It’s your phone, it’s okay for you to decide you won’t compromise on aesthetics on your own devices, if that’s what’s important to you. Just own it and be prepared for pushback when you’re commenting on an article about a privacy-focused OS and using this as the basis of your criticism.

        • sydEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago
          1. privacy focused good-looking phone
            1. privacy focused bad-looking phone
            2. spyware good-looking phone
          3. spyware bad-looking phone

          in this list, my preference order is: 1, 2.2, 2.1, 3. As you can see, I would prefer 1 if it was available, but there is not.

          Also, I criticized the appearance of the phone, not the privacy-focused OS.