From 9b400e373d0abcddfb9a8687ed79825086c0b21c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tommy Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 02:03:07 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Clarifying Recommendations Signed-off-by: Tommy --- content/os/Choosing Your Android-Based Operating System.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/os/Choosing Your Android-Based Operating System.md b/content/os/Choosing Your Android-Based Operating System.md index e1ed1fb..f9eef2e 100644 --- a/content/os/Choosing Your Android-Based Operating System.md +++ b/content/os/Choosing Your Android-Based Operating System.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Choosing Your Android-Based Operating System" date: 2022-07-18 +lastmod: 2022-07-23 tags: ['Operating Systems', 'Android', 'Privacy', 'Security'] author: Tommy --- @@ -111,4 +112,6 @@ It comes with substantial hardening over AOSP. DivestOS has automated kernel vul - 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). \ No newline at end of file