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lgsp@feddit.it@feddit.it to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

A comparison of Lineage OS, /e/OS and GrapheneOS by someone who's used all three

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A comparison of Lineage OS, /e/OS and GrapheneOS by someone who's used all three

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lgsp@feddit.it@feddit.it to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago
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Kevin Boone: Comparing Android alternatives: Lineage OS, ∕e∕OS, and Graphene OS
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How are these alternative smartphone firmwares similar and different?

Found this article, I think it’s am interesting comparison

My source: https://mastodon.nz/@leighelse/115572223821306554

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    Apart from fixing the small privacy leaks in Lineage, ∕e∕OS doesn’t seem to offer much extra in the way of security hardening.

    With /e/OS, the bootloader can be relocked on Fairphone, Shiftphone, Teracube, and Google Pixel, and they are sold locked by Murena.  https://community.e.foundation/t/list-devices-where-bootloader-can-be-relocked/48424

    This means a pickpocket or airport security control can’t take a copy of your system image via USB and brute force your few-digit passcode in a virtual machine without guess rate limiting. If they crack it, they can start using your user accounts and whatever information is on the phone.

    With LineageOS, relocking is not so rosy:  https://wiki.lineageos.org/faq#canshould-i-relock-my-bootloader

    Few devices allow for it and even less work properly after that. Relocking can result in actual unusable devices, so be warned!

    https://forum.fairphone.com/t/relock-fp5-keeping-lineageos/108723

    If you plan on installing LOS and want to lock your bootloader you’ll have to build your own images, that’s not supported by default.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/n7yo7u/a_discussion_about_bootloader_lockingunlocking/

    https://xdaforums.com/t/solved-can-i-re-oem-lock-my-bootloader-after-installing-lineageos.4692135/#post-89707810

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