A new European initiative dubbed UnifiedAttestation aims to build a free and open-source alternative to Google’s Play Integrity checks. The initiative is backed by smartphone maker Volla, while other partners include /e/OS maker Murena and the team behind iodé OS. The feature will be distributed under an Apache 2.0 license.
GrapheneOS is not a fan of this.
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116200110686604617
Jeez. They really don’t. And, I guess they shouldn’t. Their stance is that device certification shouldn’t be necessary in the first place which I agree with considering this is not done for computers (don’t do this tech bro shitheads).
Grapheneos are also against allowing users root access, which is fine on PCs.
Are they, or are they against GrapheneOS itself supporting it?
Those are different. GrapheneOS exists to be security-hardened and usually should choose security over utility where there’s a conflict.
They arebgwnweally against root, as it “breaks security” in their mind.
Nevermind that all systems, everywhere, have root for some account/some account is root.
It is to some degree, with the TPM. Microsoft Surface laptops come to mind.
Actually i have been thinking about it and i do believe that it should be done for computers, actually. Like, an attacker could super easily steal your login credentials when they get 10-15 minutes with your computer once. They could do that by booting a custom OS, modifying some of your operating system’s system files to install a keyboard tracker or sth, and then just wait for you to enter your password.
I believe it’s actually why some banks i know don’t allow login anymore if you’re not using their Android apps to verify the login.
Secure boot for PCs has been a thing for a long time now. Many Linux distributions support it.
Yea, i know no bank that allows login in browser with only basic auth. All use some proprietary 2FA app with fancy QR codes (colour pixel or similar). Funnily, many banks then offer SMS based 2FA in order to restore…
Like make hard and secure login but reset option is old SMS thingy spoofable since… ever?
Bank apps are the worst. So much SMS 2FA. Faux security. Fuck banks.
doesn’t work for me. i have to request paper letter sent to my home address with the new password, which i have to change after the first login.
Namely,
Hate to say it but he’s probably right.
At this point it’s like an unwritten rule of the internet that every GrapheneOS account comment chain will eventually regress into cooker conspiracy theories about other privacy ROM projects. And I still have no idea why Micay has started lumping iodé in with them, because I have been following that project closely for many years and no one there gives a shit about GrapheneOS. As in, they literally do not talk about Graphene (or any other projects, for that matter). They never compare themselves to GrapheneOS, on security or anything else. It’s the most bizarre, one-sided internet war.
Because that dude is nuts. He does a disservice to graphene PR anytime he speaks.
The Graphene devs and user base behave like a cult
As much as I enjoy GrapheneOS, when I hit that part of the chain, I close out. I’m tired of hearing how <insert OS flavor> has attacked GrapheneOS. They used to @ everyone in matrix for it asking for backup, which is why I’m not in their rooms now.
I don’t know, but it seems to me that you might have a rather good guess as to why right there.
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It’s quite common for people to feel hurt when they feel ignored.
Oh sorry, I think I misunderstood you initially.
I’m baffled. It’s almost as though they’re missing the point of attestation: which is to give “assurance” to application developers/companies that their applications run in “a certain way”.
“A certain way” can have many interpretations, but Googles interpretation means:
iodéOS will have their own definition of what “a certain way” is. Which will probably be identical to Google definition.
Heck, GrapheneOS’ attestation has it’s own definition of a “certain way” applications run:
I know this, because I run Graphene and I run it rooted. I sign my rooted Graphene with keys, that only I carry and I have my phone setup to only allow OS updates with only my keys.
It does not and will not pass Graphene’s attestation, although from my perspective - it meets my security requirements while give me control over my data.
This discussion has nothing with security patches, but everything to do with the accuracy and how much information developers and companies can get off our devices.
Yeah whatever. They are their own bubble.