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Clarifying Recommendations

Signed-off-by: Tommy <contact@tommytran.io>
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title: "Choosing Your Android-Based Operating System"
date: 2022-07-18
lastmod: 2022-07-23
tags: ['Operating Systems', 'Android', 'Privacy', 'Security']
author: Tommy
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- GrapheneOS's per-network full [MAC randomization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Randomization) option on version 17.1 and higher
- Automatic reboot/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth [timeout options](https://grapheneos.org/features)
With that being said, DivestOS is not without its faults. The developer does not have all of the devices he is building for, and for a lot of them he simply publishes the builds blind without actually testing them. Firmware update support [varies](https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/firmware-empty/-/blob/master/STATUS) across devices. DivestOS also takes a very long time to update to a new major Android, and actually took longer than CalyxOS did as mentioned [above](#firmware-updates). It does not tend to fall behind on Chromium updates, however.
With that being said, DivestOS is not without its faults. The developer does not have all of the devices he is building for, and for a lot of them he simply publishes the builds blind without actually testing them. Firmware update support [varies](https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/firmware-empty/-/blob/master/STATUS) across devices. DivestOS also takes a very long time to update to a new major Android, and actually took longer than CalyxOS did as mentioned [above](#firmware-updates). It does not tend to fall behind on Chromium updates like CalyxOS, however.
Also, please note that I am only recommending DivestOS here, and not any of its related apps. For instance, I would not recommend using Mull, since it is just a Firefox Android fork with better defaults and still inherits many security deficiencies from its upstream, including the lack of support for [site isolation](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Project_Fission) and [isolatedProcess](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1565196).