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Which smartphones are most private? Is a Google Pixel + GrapheneOS really the most private way? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What are the most privacy respecting smartphones to buy, I am also looking for the one which respects your privacy the most. So far going to privacy communities esp on reddit, I often see Google Pixel + GrapheneOS being recommended.

But the thing is I don't really trust Google with privacy, as we have seen they are last one to respect privacy. What if Google has some backdoor in the hardware that cannot be changed? And the problem with the more privacy respecting OSes for mobiles like GrapheneOS, CalyxOS etc are that they are only supported for Google pixel phones.

So I am really confused here.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Yeah thats about right. If you stat worrying about hardware backdoors then you should go with a pinephone. Personally im not that worried about hardware backdoors as theyre probably everywhere so i use a samsung with LineageOS, up to you to choose

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Either Pinephone or Pixel + GrapheneOS are the way to go?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

On my opinion yeah, id go with pixel if you want your phone to be usable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Pinephone is a hacker's phone, like a beta under constant evolution. So depending on the system you use on it (which you are free to choose, that's refreshing) you may have varied experiences like with battery life.

However, Pinephone is much cheaper and hardware wise inspires more confidence. The modem does not have direct access to the phone's memory (unlike most smartphones) which is like hardware security 101, and there's ongoing R&D to develop a FLOSS driver for it.

The question is also: would we rather financially support an enthusiast community building awesome hardware? Or a giant corp ruining our lives?