GrapheneOS Will Overhaul Default Apps and Implement a Secure Clipboard

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1385133/grapheneos-will-overhaul-default-apps-and-implement-a-secure-clipboard

These are welcome changes but I hope they will address the elephant in the room sooner or later. They can’t go on depending on Pixels and hardware memory tagging. They need a roadmap for opening up the project to more phone models and they need it yesterday.

They’ve drummed up some publicity with the journalist debacle so it’s a good time to use that. But people who hear about Graphene will want to have some phone choices. “Get an old Pixel” is about to age like milk.

Well good new is that they’ve already partnered with Motorola to make GrapheneOS available on (at least some) of their phones

On their flagship phones.

Blame the manufacturers for not including hardware security on cheaper phones. It would be nice to have sandboxes Play Services on a less secure phone for example, but it’s simply not GrapheneOS if you gut a lot of features that make people trust in it. Same principal as Privacy Guides. They’re not going to recommend something that’s doesn’t meet their requirements. You will not see them recommend Windows no matter how many people cement “but how do I use Windows privately?” You can’t. That’s why it isn’t recommended.