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CalixOS or AOSP on Fairphone 5 ? (jlai.lu)
submitted 5 days ago by abr@jlai.lu to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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I have already a degoogled phone on /e/OS which works pretty fine but I have r​ed​ an article which said /e/OS is not actually very safe because it has very old security patches compared to ​AOSP which has is up-to-date.

/e/OS is the product of Murena company which is promoting their own stuff for profit.

Of course GrafeneOS would be better for privacy but I have a fairphone so it is not an option. ​What about CalyxOS ? It is more privacy o​riented but now releases are paused. Do you think I should install existing build of CalyxOS for FP5 or install LineageOS and find a good DNS/VPN to block ads and trackers. This is a tool I like on e/OS/​ to​ have a view on blocked trackers.

What alternative would you advice on AOSP ?

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[-] monovergent@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

AOSP even without Google Play will still ping Google servers every now and then. Unless you're being targeted or installing apps of unknown provenance, the chance of being hacked due to the Calyx hiatus is still very low. But I think you'll need to reinstall from scratch once Calyx updates resume since their bootloader keys will be generated anew at that point. I'm biased towards fewer pings to Google over the latest in security, but that's just my own threat model.

Apologies if you've already seen it, here's the big table I consulted: https://eylenburg.github.io/android_comparison.htm

[-] abr@jlai.lu 2 points 3 days ago

This is very interesting. Thank you for the link

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