What are your thoughts on GrapheneOS? It’s a custom version of Android that is far more secure and private than anything else out there. The only downside is that it only works on Google Pixel phones. For good reason though, as explained in their FAQ. TLDR, that comes down to hardware security features.
With many of us being activists and with state sponsored malware like Pegasus out there, we should probably step up our game to protect ourselves. Especially with Pegasus being Israeli malware, the current situation will probably incentivize even more attacks.
Other than iOS with lockdown mode enabled and perhaps DivestOS (which applies some of Graphene’s security features but not all of them), everything else is a complete security disaster according to the GrapheneOS devs. So are all desktop operating systems.
I’m using it now and it works great! I love it. Highly recommended.
If you don’t want to buy a new Pixel either because they are expensive or you don’t want to support Google, you can find some used Pixels for cheap.
I managed to snag a refurbished Pixel 6 Pro on Woot for $250 or so, and it’s been wonderful running GrapheneOS. Definitely some learning curves after being on iOS so long, but it’s great.
The only thing I miss is contactless payment, but I’ve gotten used to it.
oh damn… i was thinking I should just go ahead and give this a shot – it’s gonna be a crappy undertaking since all my work mfa stuff will have to be changed again – but if I can’t do tap payments that REALLY sucks because i use that all the time