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by palata 29 days ago
I like Android a lot better. And I really, really like the fact that Android is open source, so that 1) I can read the sources and 2) projects like GrapheneOS can do it right.

Apple does not remotely allow that.

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The whole point of remote attestation is to ban projects like GrapheneOS which "do it right". If you install such things, you are "tampering" with the phone, it becomes an "untrusted" device and you are banned from digital society, completely ostracized.

It's not your phone, it's the corporation's phone, they're only generously allowing you to use it, on their terms. If you install GrapheneOS, or any other system that you gives you ownership of the machine, from the bank's perspective you turn into a fraudster, from the video game's perspective you turn into a cheater, etc.

But that's different: if your bank is stupid (most banks are, let's be honest), it's not the fault of Android.

Sure, remote attestation allows your bank to do it, but at the end of the day, it's your bank that pulls the trigger, not Google.