[resource_waste]

I have a super expensive secret on my phone and... I bend the knee to Google.

Def can't trust Apple, can't trust Samsung. Google has managed to be the best. (Go ahead and @ me some cases that basically never hit the wild)

[ForHackernews]

I can't imagine the threat model that leads you to trust Google but not Apple, but you do you: Maybe you're a Google hardware engineer and the expensive secret is blueprints for the next generation of Google Glass.

[resource_waste]

Buddy, 1000+ people got their iPhones cracked by pegasus, at least 1 person was killed and bezos had his noods leaked.

Yeah google does a better job.

[ForHackernews]

I'm not worried about being targeted by Pegasus, but I am worried about getting targeted for adshit by Google, or them selling all my info to databrokers, or having them disable all my accounts for arbitrary reasons. I think we have different threat models.

Maybe you're special enough to be worth targeting for bespoke surveillance, I'm worried about avoiding ordinary mass-market adtech surveillance.

[resource_waste]

Yes, my super expensive secret is way more valuable than getting ads about my hemorrhoids.

[ForHackernews]

You know they have secure drives, right? I wouldn't carry anything I really cared about around on my phone.

... oh this is some cryptocurrency thing, isn't it?