Post by @herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml

2026-04-06 17:03 UTC

Hardware security guarantees are irrelevant for most people, including myself. A very small segment of the popularion needs them. What matters infinitely more is who has access to your data. And Google is one of the worst offenders.

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@MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-06 19:39

In that case another degoogled ROM sounds more like what you're after? Graphenes thing is hardware security.

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@Lemmert@reddthat.com 2026-04-06 19:31

I don't really see the issue. So you don't really care about robust and trustworthy hardware. That I get to some extent considering you're more worried about your data itself. But if you're flashing your device with GOS, there is no data being shared to Google unless you specifically want to use Google Play Services or the Play Store. Both of which don't come pre-installed\ \ Edit: I added the if

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@FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2026-04-06 19:30

Buying a phone from Google (HTC really) does not give Google access to your data. There are no Google services installed by Graphene, you have the option of running Google services if you choose, but even if you choose to do so they are kept in a sandbox and not given privileged information on the system.

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