GrapheneOS attestation compatibility guide
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Guide on using remote attestation in a way that's compatible with GrapheneOS.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15995282

Real unfortunate news for GrapheneOS users as Revolut has decided to ban the use of ‘non-google’ approved OSes. This is currently being posted about and updated by GrahpeneOS over at Bluesky for those who want to follow it more closely.

Edit: had to change the title, originally it said Uber too but I cannot find back to the source of ether that’s true or not…

  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This makes me want to use GrapheneOS more. If the dataminers don’t want you to use it then it must be doing something right.

        • 50MYT@aussie.zone
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          2 months ago

          Your options are:

          Apple phone

          Bloated android phone like Samsung etc.

          Chinese android phone (xiami etc)

          Google phone with Android

          Google phone with graphene. This still looks like the best of those options.

          Or no phone? I guess people are hardcore enough that will be the option.

          Edit: I stand corrected.

            • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              2 months ago

              All of these are insecure as hell. Linux phones especially https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux-phones.html

              Fairphone also really fucked up: They signed their own OS with the publicly available (!) AOSP test signing keys. These guys really don’t know that they’re doing, and I would trust their hardware or software whatsoever. And no, installing a custom ROM doesn’t solve this. Considering how bad their security practices are, we genuinely have to assume that there are security issues with the device firmware as well.

              /e/OS is based on the already insecure LineageOS, and it weakens the security further, so it’s not a good option either.

              None of the options you mentioned can be compared to GrapheneOS. It’s currently the best option if you value your privacy and security. You don’t have to give Google money either, since you can just buy a used device, which is also cheaper and more environmentally friendly. Google also makes repairing their devices pretty easy for consumers and even works with iFixit. Here’s a Mastodon post I recently saw about that: https://social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/113630773097519792

            • SeekPie@lemm.ee
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              2 months ago

              I don’t think LOS has any privacy/security improvements over the stock android?

              (IIRC) it’s even worse than stock because you can’t lock the bootloader after installation.

              Though if your phone isn’t getting official updates, it’s probably safer with LOS.

                • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  Not with GrapheneOS, since you can entirely disable the USB controller from the settings on a driver level, making it impossible to connect the phone to a forensic data extraction device. GrapheneOS also has a convenient auto-reboot feature, which (together with their patches to the Linux kernel and Fastboot recovery OS to include memory zeroing) erases the encryption keys from memory, putting the device in BFU state and requiring the PIN/password to unlock. This is additionally secured by the Titan M2 secure element, which makes use of the Weaver API and drastically throttles brute-force unlock attempts. https://grapheneos.org/faq#encryption