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Know Your Threat Level: GrapheneOS vs. SovereignOS — Which One Should You Actually Be Running?
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VioletTea lemmy.world VioletTea@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-22
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y0kai [he/him] anarchist.nexus y0kai@anarchist.nexus
Joined: 2025-08-19
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They say they are a fork of and are "built on" grapheneOS, which is open source, but don't offer any links to their own repo (that I can find) to see the changes they have made, which to me feels misleading.

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LadyMeow lemmy.blahaj.zone LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2024-01-18
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They say they are a fork of and are "built on" grapheneOS, which is open source, but don't offer any links to their own repo (that I can find) to see the changes they have made, which to me feels misleading.

open source

no links to repo

Hard no.

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Lka1988 lemmy.dbzer0.com lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-11-18
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Oh boy, this will turn out well....

We start from GrapheneOS, strip out Google and its tracking, lock down the bootloader and USB data paths, and pre-install a vetted set of secure tools. You get a hand-configured secure device without having to be the expert who set it up.

Graphene, by default, already comes stripped of google and automatically locks the bootloader during the install process. This is nothing but FUD.

This company is just using Graphene to boost sales of their preinstalled phones. Prime example: they're selling a 9 Pro XL ($500 phone today) with this fork installed for $1700. FFS.

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Lka1988 lemmy.dbzer0.com lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-11-18
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They say they are a fork of and are "built on" grapheneOS, which is open source, but don't offer any links to their own repo (that I can find) to see the changes they have made, which to me feels misleading.

In case you're curious, I reached out via their contact link and got this response:

Graphene is licensed under the MIT license. I'm not entirely sure withholding the source code is allowed, but I could be wrong. Either way, this company clearly has ulterior motives.

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Lyricism6055 lemmy.world Lyricism6055@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-21
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100% ai slop picture here.. 🤮

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Lyricism6055 lemmy.world Lyricism6055@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-21
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Oh boy, this will turn out well.... We start from GrapheneOS, strip out Google and its tracking, lock down the bootloader and USB data paths, and pre-install a vetted set of secure tools. You get a hand-configured secure device without having to be the expert who set it up. Graphene, by default, already comes stripped of google and automatically locks the bootloader during the install process. ...

It's some dudes vibe coded project I think... They probably have 0 clue what it does

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