Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by lrvick 2654 days ago
LineageOS has a tendancy to disable or break piles of vital security features very carefully architected by Google security researchers like verified boot. Google also maintains a release process designed to help mitigate supply chain attacks. LineageOS also deviates from AOSP sources enough that it often creates significant time delays before new security patches can be backported if they get backported at all.

Sadly stock Google phones also violate your privacy and the privacy of those around you. Stock Android is not a great solution either.

We can have it both ways! Check out https://github.com/hashbang/os