| Hard to do I think. Even plain old "linux but for phones" is pretty difficult at this point because: --most drivers and hardware specifications are proprietary, and probably secret under NDA --most bootloaders are cryptographically locked and controlled by vendor --necessary wifi and cellular modem hardware is the same, and are also patent minefields even in the foundational platonic ideals of design, as is mobile graphics hardware --the modems are subject to regulatory requirements that they be secured from modification by the user/owner of the device Secure in this context means secure from the user and device owner, which can arguably be for good reason -- think of an ATM kiosk, for example. So no "tails for phones" yet, but people are trying. Check out postmarketOS, lineageOS, replicant, sailfish. Last I tried things were still kind of science project, like 90's style linux. |