Oddbean

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 I was wondering since a while and now even more:

Is there some magic about Pixel phones or Graphene OS that justifies trusting Google all of the sudden ?

https://m.primal.net/MYFZ.png

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 Pixel phones allow you to re-lock the bootloader after flashing a new OS.

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 What exactly does it mean ?

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 A locked bootloader on a phone makes it more secure by preventing unauthorized software modifications. It also protects your data. If your phone is lost or stolen, a locked bootloader makes it much harder for a thief to access your personal information. I think pixels are unique in their ability to lock using a custom OS.

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 Nice. But that is assuming that google is not putting in backdoors yes ?

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 Yeah pretty much.

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 Do you also have an idea why did people decide it’s a valid assumption?:D

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 I can't figure out the "de-Google by using their hardware" logic either. With SOC tech being cheap, it would be trivial for them to still have ways of snooping. Not to mention the financial benefit.

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 Because they don't think much.

I have an article about how fucked up phones are these days -

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 The tools cops use to crack phones don't work on GrapheneOS, that's the main thing I think.

The devs of GrapheneOS have great documentation, a lot of questions could be answered reading that 
https://grapheneos.org/features
They have forums too, if you have more questions. 
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/

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 Asking the right questions 👌🏼

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 I have had this same question myself. How do we know they're now just gonna leave themselves a little keyhole?