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minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 days agoWell yeah, because grapheneos is specifically made for security, not customiseability. Rooting your phone makes it a lot less secure, so it doesn’t seem strange to me that grapheneos doesn’t want you to.
minus-squareLimonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoCan you please explain how rooting adb only, not any apps, makes it less secure? Use concrete examples, not abstract.
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoUSB attacks with things like Celebrite are within scope of GrapheneOS’s security model.
minus-squareGhoelian@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoAn exploited app can do more on a system that has more capabilities, simple as that.
Well yeah, because grapheneos is specifically made for security, not customiseability. Rooting your phone makes it a lot less secure, so it doesn’t seem strange to me that grapheneos doesn’t want you to.
Can you please explain how rooting adb only, not any apps, makes it less secure? Use concrete examples, not abstract.
USB attacks with things like Celebrite are within scope of GrapheneOS’s security model.
An exploited app can do more on a system that has more capabilities, simple as that.