Google Pixel devices are - the best Android devices - available on the market - for - security and privacy.
-They allow locking the - bootloader with a - custom Android Verified Boot (AVB) key - in order to preserve security - and privacy features when - installing a custom operating - system, such as - verified boot - which verifies that the OS has - not been corrupted or tampered - with, and - rollback protection - which prevents an adversary from - rolling back the OS or firmware - version to a previous version - with known security vulnerabilities.
-They also include a - hardware security module - (Titan M2, improving on the - previous generation - Titan M) - which is extremely resistant to - both remote and physical attacks - due to being completely isolated - from the rest of the system, - including the operating system. - Titan M2 ensures that the device - cannot be remotely compromised - by requiring the side buttons of - the device to be physically - pressed for some sensitive - operations. Titan M2 also takes - the role of - Android StrongBox Keymaster, - a - hardware-backed Keystore - containing sensitive user keys - which are unavailable to the OS - or apps running on it without - authorisation from Titan M2 itself. - Insider attack resistance - ensures that Titan M2 firmware - can be flashed only if the user - PIN/password is already known, - making it impossible to backdoor - the device without already - knowing these secrets.
-Google Pixel device kernels - are compiled with - forward-edge control-flow integrity - and - backward-edge control-flow integrity - to prevent code reuse attacks - against the kernel. MAC address - randomisation is - implemented well, along with minimal probe requests and randomised initial sequence numbers.
-Google releases - guaranteed monthly security updates, - ensuring Google Pixel devices - are up-to-date and quickly - protected against security - vulnerabilities.
-Pixel 6-series and 7-series
- devices are a large improvement
- over the already very secure and
- private previous generation
- Pixel devices. They replace
- ARM-based Titan M with
- RISC-V-based Titan M2, reducing
- trust by removing ARM from the
- equation. Titan M2 is more
- resiliant to attacks than Titan
- M, and is
- AVA_VAN.5 certified,
- the highest level of
- vulnerability assessment.
- Google's in-house Tensor
- System-on-Chip includes Tensor
- Security Core, further improving
- device security.
- Pixel 8-series includes Armv9's
- Memory Tagging Extension,
- which dramatically increases
- device security by eliminating
- up to 95% of all security issues
- caused by memory-unsafety.
Google Pixel devices + are the best Android + devices available on the + market for + security and privacy.
+They allow locking + the bootloader with a + custom Android Verified Boot (AVB) key + in order to preserve + security and privacy + features when installing + a custom operating + system, such as + verified boot + which verifies that the + OS has not been + corrupted or tampered + with, and + rollback protection + which prevents an + adversary from rolling + back the OS or firmware + version to a previous + version with known + security vulnerabilities.
+They also include a + hardware security module + (Titan M2, improving on + the previous generation + Titan M) + which is extremely + resistant to both remote + and physical attacks due + to being completely + isolated from the rest + of the system, including + the operating system. + Titan M2 ensures that + the device cannot be + remotely compromised by + requiring the side + buttons of the device to + be physically pressed + for some sensitive + operations. Titan M2 + also takes the role of + Android StrongBox Keymaster, + a + hardware-backed Keystore + containing sensitive + user keys which are + unavailable to the OS or + apps running on it + without authorisation + from Titan M2 itself. + Insider attack resistance + ensures that Titan M2 + firmware can be flashed + only if the user + PIN/password is already + known, making it + impossible to backdoor + the device without + already knowing these + secrets.
+Google Pixel device + kernels are compiled + with + forward-edge control-flow integrity + and + backward-edge control-flow integrity + to prevent code reuse + attacks against the + kernel. MAC address + randomisation is + implemented well, along with minimal probe requests and randomised initial sequence numbers.
+Google releases + guaranteed monthly security updates, + ensuring Google Pixel + devices are up-to-date + and quickly protected + against security + vulnerabilities.
+Pixel 6-series and + 7-series devices are a + large improvement over + the already very secure + and private previous + generation Pixel + devices. They replace + ARM-based Titan M with + RISC-V-based Titan M2, + reducing trust by + removing ARM from the + equation. Titan M2 is + more resiliant to + attacks than Titan M, + and is + AVA_VAN.5 certified, + the highest level of + vulnerability + assessment. Google's + in-house Tensor + System-on-Chip includes + Tensor Security Core, + further improving device + security.
+Pixel 8-series + includes Armv9's + Memory Tagging Extension, + which dramatically + increases device + security by eliminating + up to 95% of all + security issues caused + by memory-unsafety.
Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 5, and Pixel 5a, are