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TheGrinder | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I don't know. At least with Graphene I don't constantly have to find workarounds for living my lifestyle. It seems obvious that Apple will always gatekeep against Bitcoin or other "freedom tech" software and of course they'll continue working with the Government(s).
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516add19 | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Right but your GrapheneOSS is running with closed source Tensor.
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TheGrinder | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 Yeah. We need a pleb phone.
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Low Information Voter | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 ^This.

If anyone thinks Tensor wouldn't come with built in backdoors, they probably don't remember when Qualcomm was caught doing just that in Samsung Galaxies.

https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/SamsungGalaxyBackdoor

That said, mass surveillance is automated, and replacing the phone's operating system will mess with the spooks' workflow big time.