20dogs@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoI want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does toowww.androidcentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square188linkfedilinkarrow-up1713cross-posted to: buyeuropean@feddit.uk
arrow-up1713external-linkI want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does toowww.androidcentral.com20dogs@feddit.uk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square188linkfedilinkcross-posted to: buyeuropean@feddit.uk
minus-squareBurgerBaron@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 days agoA big thing is gOS not using JIT compiling. So, app updates are pretty slow but this kills a lot of malware exploits. https://grapheneos.org/features#exploit-mitigations
minus-squareatcorebcor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoSo if I were to choose graphene over eOS it would mainly be to be more protected from malware?
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoYou would choose it for security hardening in general. E.g. it is harder for malware to infect, harder for unauthorized parties to gain access to data when the phone is locked, etc.
A big thing is gOS not using JIT compiling. So, app updates are pretty slow but this kills a lot of malware exploits.
https://grapheneos.org/features#exploit-mitigations
So if I were to choose graphene over eOS it would mainly be to be more protected from malware?
You would choose it for security hardening in general. E.g. it is harder for malware to infect, harder for unauthorized parties to gain access to data when the phone is locked, etc.