baatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoThe days of custom Android ROMs are numbered, and Google is to blamewww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square183linkfedilinkarrow-up1522arrow-down114cross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
arrow-up1508arrow-down1external-linkThe days of custom Android ROMs are numbered, and Google is to blamewww.androidauthority.combaatliwala@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square183linkfedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemmy.world
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down4·2 months agoWell yeah, because grapheneos is specifically made for security, not customiseability. Rooting your phone makes it a lot less secure, so it doesn’t seem strange to me that grapheneos doesn’t want you to.
minus-squareLimonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·2 months agoCan you please explain how rooting adb only, not any apps, makes it less secure? Use concrete examples, not abstract.
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoUSB attacks with things like Celebrite are within scope of GrapheneOS’s security model.
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·2 months agoAn exploited app can do more on a system that has more capabilities, simple as that.
Well yeah, because grapheneos is specifically made for security, not customiseability. Rooting your phone makes it a lot less secure, so it doesn’t seem strange to me that grapheneos doesn’t want you to.
Can you please explain how rooting adb only, not any apps, makes it less secure? Use concrete examples, not abstract.
USB attacks with things like Celebrite are within scope of GrapheneOS’s security model.
An exploited app can do more on a system that has more capabilities, simple as that.