this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
507 points (99.8% liked)

Technology

84502 readers
3632 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
507
GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 5 hours ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago) (1 children)

But "give up a bit on security" doesnt preserve privacy that's the whole thing.

Also them being hypocritical for suggesting pixels isn't really true, its the only unlockable device where you can relock the bootloader afterwards which is necessary for the asbolute maximum security of the OS. *and also has secure element, among other important requirements for security.

Motorola will change this.

I personally don't cut corners when it comes to security and I don't think anyone should honestly.

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 1 points 33 minutes ago (1 children)

It's not the only device you can relock the bootloader. I am typing from a Fairphone using e/os with a bootloader I locked after installing it.

I don't cut corners on my morals, so will never give money to google. Even indirectly by buying second hand and making their phones more attractive to buy.

[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 minutes ago

Ah I see that they have decided to support it now with the fairphone 4 which is awesome. Before that you had to use google test keys to do it.

It still lacks a secure element which is pretty important for security and privacy. It also lags behind on security updates.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44375865

That's a good discussion about it.

I respect not giving money to google though but I can't cut corners on security even if it means I have to go into the belly of the beast myself.

I'll be very relieved when the Motorola GOS phone drops