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GrapheneOS accuses Google of gatekeeping Android 17 features and security fixes
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2026
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I feel vindicated for pivoting to Ubuntu Touch. It's far from secure and is admittedly inferior to Android right now, but at least it has no dependence on Google. I kind of saw this coming the second they annouced closing down Android and making security fixes no longer open source
It has security through obscurity, for what that's worth. As in, no one's tailoring large-scale phishing efforts and the like towards a Linux phone. Also, being willing to daily drive a Linux phone probably means you have good enough opsec awareness to avoid becoming low-hanging fruit.
All bets are off if a nation-state or the likes of Palantir go after the platform or a specific user/device, but you're Probably Safe™ from most run-of-the-mill bullshit targeting phones these days. Your phone might not be secure in a technical sense, but the juice just isn't worth the squeeze.