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by Cursuviam 3463 days ago
What's to stop them from modifying the OS itself to spy on you? On a closed platform, you don't have peace of mind from spying.
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On an open platform, you don't have peace of mind from spying...

Unless every single part of your platform is open and you build it yourself. But then make sure the parts you use to build it aren't tampered with.

I think somewhere along the conclusion of that train of thought you'll need to build a fab to make sure there aren't silicon level backdoors in your hardware.

If you care that much, just run your own OS. Many android phones have quite a few options available.
A custom Android OS is the last thing I'd consider secure...
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