GrapheneOS is so great pixel devices, I hope you all try it! The private & secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility. Developed as a non-profit & is free and open source software
- Permission toggles, pin scrambling, auto-reboot, scopes, MAC randomization, isolated user profiles, longer passwords, sandboxed apps, no bloat & increased battery life +more!
- Privacy, security & anonymity FOSS!
Something to consider
The permission toggle for sensors access is pretty cool. I have it toggled to off by default for every app I download. If it doesn’t work without my gyroscopic sensors then let it be, less spyware for me.
Edit: gyroscopic sensors can give lots of information, just the vibrations alone from a phone call and the gyro can pick up on that and work as a microhone. It can tell you about the way you hold the phone and certain habits that I’m sure a resourceful company can exploit very well. Here is an article talking about it from 2014, I am confident the technology has gone a long way since then.
https://www.engadget.com/2014-08-15-gyrophone-eavesdropping-hack.html
https://www.wired.com/2011/10/iphone-keylogger-spying/
https://www.fastcompany.com/1575213/cell-phone-tech-uses-accelerometer-spy-employees
I ran GrapheneOS on a pixel 5 but ultimately went back to stock.
GrapheneOS was considerably slower on my phone. Apps took a bit longer to loader, but the worst was installing APKs, it takes so much longer compared to stock. Some apps (e.g. revolut) took more than 5 minutes to install, it was crazy.
GrapheneOS uses exec spawning by default, but it’s pretty trivial to disable and it does speed things up (at a slight cost to security).
I think using AOT rather than JIT compiling might be the cause of the slow installs, but I’m not sure (and I’ve not really noticed a problem myself).
