I am wondering what is better for both privacy AND security, I already installed Lineage but I’m fine with switching to /e/OS.
I’ve heard Lineage isn’t good for security, but I know very little about /e/OS.
The phone is a moto g power 2021 so it doesn’t support GrapheneOS.
I agree with that and care very much about privacy, but for me there’s a big difference between privacy and security-it’s why I’d take an out of date linux install over freshly patched windows 11-I think that in the right use case one could argue CVEs aren’t relevant so long as they’re not being exploited. Obviously though an up to date linux/graphene/whatever install is the best of both worlds.
I think a lot of these views for me were born from an anticonsumption standpoint. Some corporation decides to stop releasing software updates for a device, on their terms, and now I’m supposed to open my wallet? Nah. I used an out of date phone for 6 years and nothing bad came of it, but again it’s down to who you are and how you use it.
Old technology that is no longer securable should be taken behind a security boundary like a gateway device or recycled.
Which is why projects like Nura are so important, which works to bring mainline kernels to phones, both modern and outdated, so that they could (theoretically) be supported until the hardware itself dies.
You should be able to use a 20 year old phone with fully up to date software just like how you’re able to use a 20 year old laptop with modern software.
It’s funny that custom_username and defaultusername are in the same thread.
its the bots that everyone things that they’re seeing on social media :p