It wouldn’t be the most secure consumer phone then, would it?
replyThe fact so many technical people believe that security and freedom are mutually exclusive, and pay for that lie, is proof the Apple propaganda is working exactly as intended.
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replyIn my case, it is the fact that a secure and free (as in speech) alternative does not exist that leads me to believe that. And not in the sense that it’s theoretically secure, I mean in the practical sense that I cannot trust my parents to use any currently available “free” device and not immediately load it up with malware.
replyIt's not that secure anyway, as evidenced by the multiple 1-click exploits going around on X this week.
replyCompared to what, all the open source projects having exploits this week?
replyThis is a silly argument to make. By pretty much any standard, the iPhone has really good security.
It would be. You would have more eyeballs if you had an open bootloader instead of this program they're offering.
replyHow do we know it is, besides apple marketing?
replyGiven how many high profile politicians, journalists and businessmen have gotten their phones hacked, the iPhone is not unhackable.
Why not? In the default locked state it's just as secure as before, and unlocking it would require both physical access and your Apple ID.
replyBy definition, it could be more secure if people actually would be able to inspect it. Is it regardless the most secure? Hard to say. GrapheneOS is quite secure, probably more.
replyGrapeheneOS are both operating systems where a single party has the signing keys to run any software they want on your device at any time, and even remotely brick it.
replyI for one am not comfortable with anyone having that much power over something that is supposed to be mine, so they are the same to me. Untrustable black boxes.
The difference between GrapheneOS and iOS is that it is 100% open source, replicable, able to self-sign, and only <1% of the part has dynamic code loading, which is incredibly low compared to any major OS.
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replyiPhone supports making and receiving credit card payments. Payment infrastructures demand tamper proofing for devices that handle payments.
replyThis is also why my current Macbook will be my last, I'm going back to Linux. No matter how superior M-series chips are the amazing hardware can't make up for the unbearable nanny software. So tired of Apple machines telling me what I should do. It's supposed to be the other way around.
replyAlmost every employer in my career ignored that I want to choose my hardware, and gave me a macbook, and I got them to compromise by giving me a pass to run whatever software I wanted. Every time I installed Linux on it, sometimes porting it myself with custom patches, on their time.
replyThe greatest middle finger to Apple is freeing their hardware. Been at it since I built and booted a uCLinux kernel on my first iPod I got as a kid.
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