Comment by zb3
2 years ago
But there could be no "reduced security", even for apps. It's just that there's no Google spyware installed on the device with elevated permissions, that's why Google won't approve GrapheneOS.
2 years ago
But there could be no "reduced security", even for apps. It's just that there's no Google spyware installed on the device with elevated permissions, that's why Google won't approve GrapheneOS.
The whole thing is about trust. Google, Apple and MS are setting themselves up as authorities of trust for hardware.
Authy took the stance that if an OS vendor doesn't sign the bootloader/OS, then it is possible the OS is compromised and other apps could maliciously interact with Authy.
I don't like where that takes us from a computing freedom perspective.