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<!-- Inferencium - Website - About --> <!-- Inferencium - Website - About -->
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<!-- Copyright 2022 Jake Winters --> <!-- Copyright 2022 Jake Winters -->
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause --> <!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause -->
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</section> </section>
<section id="recommendations"> <section id="recommendations">
<h2><a href="#recommendations">Recommendations</a></h2> <h2><a href="#recommendations">Recommendations</a></h2>
<h3 id="recommendations-hardware"><a href="#recommendations-hardware">Hardware</a></h3> <section id="recommendations-hardware">
<h4 id="recommendations-hardware-smartphone"><a href="#recommendations-hardware-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4> <h3><a href="#recommendations-hardware">Hardware</a></h3>
<section id="recommendations-hardware-smartphone">
<h4><a href="#recommendations-hardware-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4>
<div style="overflow-x:auto;"> <div style="overflow-x:auto;">
<table> <table>
<thead>
<tr> <tr>
<th id="hardware-smartphone-type">Type</th> <th id="hardware-smartphone-type">Type</th>
<th id="hardware-smartphone">Hardware</th> <th id="hardware-smartphone">Hardware</th>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/> <th id="hardware-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/>
(License)</th> (License)</th>
</tr> </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr> <tr>
<th id="hardware-smartphone-smartphone">Smartphone</th> <th id="hardware-smartphone-smartphone">Smartphone</th>
<th id ="google-pixel" headers="hardware hardware-smartphone-smartphone"> <th id ="google-pixel" headers="hardware hardware-smartphone-smartphone">
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</th> </th>
<td class="desc" headers="hardware-description google-pixel"> <td class="desc" headers="hardware-description google-pixel">
<h5>Security/Privacy</h5> <h5>Security/Privacy</h5>
<p>Google Pixel devices are the best Android <p>Google Pixel devices are the best
devices available on the market for Android devices available on the market
for
<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/pixel-6-setting-new-standard-for-mobile.html">security and privacy</a>.</p> <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/pixel-6-setting-new-standard-for-mobile.html">security and privacy</a>.</p>
<p>They allow locking the bootloader with a <p>They allow locking the bootloader
with a
<a href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/master/README.md#pixel-2-and-later">custom Android Verified Boot (AVB) key</a> <a href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/master/README.md#pixel-2-and-later">custom Android Verified Boot (AVB) key</a>
in order to preserve security and privacy in order to preserve security and
features when installing a custom operating privacy features when installing a
system, such as custom operating system, such as
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/verifiedboot/">verified boot</a> <a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/verifiedboot/">verified boot</a>
which verifies that the OS has not been which verifies that the OS has not been
corrupted or tampered with, and corrupted or tampered with, and
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(Titan M2, improving on the previous (Titan M2, improving on the previous
generation generation
<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/building-titan-better-security-through.html">Titan M</a>) <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/building-titan-better-security-through.html">Titan M</a>)
which is extremely resistant to both remote which is extremely resistant to both
and physical attacks due to being completely remote and physical attacks due to being
isolated from the rest of the system, completely isolated from the rest of the
including the operating system. Titan M2 system, including the operating system.
ensures that the device cannot be remotely Titan M2 ensures that the device cannot
compromised by requiring the side buttons of be remotely compromised by requiring the
the device to be physically pressed for some side buttons of the device to be
sensitive operations. Titan M2 also takes physically pressed for some sensitive
the role of operations. Titan M2 also takes the role
of
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/best-practices/hardware#strongbox-keymaster">Android StrongBox Keymaster</a>, <a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/best-practices/hardware#strongbox-keymaster">Android StrongBox Keymaster</a>,
a a
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/keystore">hardware-backed Keystore</a> <a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/keystore">hardware-backed Keystore</a>
containing sensitive user keys which are containing sensitive user keys which are
unavailable to the OS or apps running on it unavailable to the OS or apps running on
without authorisation from Titan M2 itself. it without authorisation from Titan M2
itself.
<a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/05/insider-attack-resistance.html">Insider attack resistance</a> <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/05/insider-attack-resistance.html">Insider attack resistance</a>
ensures that Titan M2 firmware can be ensures that Titan M2 firmware can be
flashed only if the user PIN/password is flashed only if the user PIN/password is
already known, making it impossible to already known, making it impossible to
backdoor the device without already knowing backdoor the device without already
these secrets.</p> knowing these secrets.</p>
<p>Google Pixel device kernels are compiled <p>Google Pixel device kernels are
with compiled with
<a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/10/control-flow-integrity-in-android-kernel.html">forward-edge control-flow integrity</a> <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/10/control-flow-integrity-in-android-kernel.html">forward-edge control-flow integrity</a>
and and
<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2019/10/protecting-against-code-reuse-in-linux_30.html">backward-edge control-flow integrity</a> <a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2019/10/protecting-against-code-reuse-in-linux_30.html">backward-edge control-flow integrity</a>
to prevent code reuse attacks against the to prevent code reuse attacks against
kernel. MAC address randomisation is the kernel. MAC address randomisation is
<a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/04/changes-to-device-identifiers-in.html">implemented well, along with minimal probe requests and randomised initial sequence numbers</a>.</p> <a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/04/changes-to-device-identifiers-in.html">implemented well, along with minimal probe requests and randomised initial sequence numbers</a>.</p>
<p>Google releases <p>Google releases
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/">guaranteed monthly security updates</a>, <a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/">guaranteed monthly security updates</a>,
ensuring Google Pixel devices are up-to-date ensuring Google Pixel devices are
and quickly protected against security up-to-date and quickly protected against
vulnerabilities.</p> security vulnerabilities.</p>
<p>Pixel 6-series and 7-series devices are a <p>Pixel 6-series and 7-series devices
large improvement over the already very are a large improvement over the already
secure and private previous generation Pixel very secure and private previous
devices. They replace ARM-based Titan M with generation Pixel devices. They replace
RISC-V-based Titan M2, reducing trust by ARM-based Titan M with RISC-V-based
removing ARM from the equation. Titan M2 is Titan M2, reducing trust by removing ARM
more resiliant to attacks than Titan M, and from the equation. Titan M2 is more
resiliant to attacks than Titan M, and
is is
<a href="https://www.tuv-nederland.nl/assets/files/cerfiticaten/2022/09/nscib-cc-22-0228971-cert-final.pdf">AVA_VAN.5 certified</a>, <a href="https://www.tuv-nederland.nl/assets/files/cerfiticaten/2022/09/nscib-cc-22-0228971-cert-final.pdf">AVA_VAN.5 certified</a>,
the highest level of vulnerability the highest level of vulnerability
assessment. Google's in-house Tensor assessment. Google's in-house Tensor
System-on-Chip includes Tensor Security System-on-Chip includes Tensor Security
Core, further improving device security.</p> Core, further improving device
security.</p>
<p>Pixel 8-series includes Armv9's <p>Pixel 8-series includes Armv9's
<a href="https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/architectures-and-processors-blog/posts/enhanced-security-through-mte">Memory Tagging Extension</a>, <a href="https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/architectures-and-processors-blog/posts/enhanced-security-through-mte">Memory Tagging Extension</a>,
which dramatically increases device security which dramatically increases device
by eliminating up to 95% of all security security by eliminating up to 95% of all
issues caused by memory-unsafety.</p> security issues caused by
memory-unsafety.</p>
<h5>Support</h5> <h5>Support</h5>
<p>Pixel 5a is supported for a <p>Pixel 5a is supported for a
<a href="https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705#zippy=%2Cpixel-a-g-pixel-pixel-a-g-pixel-a-pixel-xl-pixel">minimum of 3 years from launch</a>.</p> <a href="https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705#zippy=%2Cpixel-a-g-pixel-pixel-a-g-pixel-a-pixel-xl-pixel">minimum of 3 years from launch</a>.</p>
<p>Pixel 6-series, Pixel 7-series, Pixel <p>Pixel 6-series, Pixel 7-series, Pixel
Fold, and Pixel Tablet are supported for a Fold, and Pixel Tablet are supported for
a
<a href="https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705#zippy=%2Cpixel-a-pixel-pixel-pro-pixel-a-pixel-pixel-pro-pixel-fold">minimum of 5 years from launch</a>.</p> <a href="https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705#zippy=%2Cpixel-a-pixel-pixel-pro-pixel-a-pixel-pixel-pro-pixel-fold">minimum of 5 years from launch</a>.</p>
<p>Pixel 8-series is supported for a <p>Pixel 8-series is supported for a
<a href="https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705#zippy=%2Cpixel-pro">minimum of 7 years from launch</a>.</p> <a href="https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705#zippy=%2Cpixel-pro">minimum of 7 years from launch</a>.</p>
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<td headers="hardware-smartphone-source_model google-pixel"> <td headers="hardware-smartphone-source_model google-pixel">
</td> </td>
</tr> </tr>
</tbody>
</table> </table>
</div> </div>
<h3 id="recommendations-software"><a href="#recommendations-software">Software</a></h3> </section>
<h4 id="recommendations-software-desktop"><a href="#recommendations-software-desktop">Desktop</a></h4> </section>
<section id="recommendations-software">
<h3><a href="#recommendations-software">Software</a></h3>
<section id="recommendations-software-desktop">
<h4><a href="#recommendations-software-desktop">Desktop</a></h4>
<div style="overflow-x:auto;"> <div style="overflow-x:auto;">
<table> <table>
<thead>
<tr> <tr>
<th id="software-desktop-type">Type</th> <th id="software-desktop-type">Type</th>
<th id="software-desktop">Software</th> <th id="software-desktop">Software</th>
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<th id="software-desktop-source_model">Source model<br/> <th id="software-desktop-source_model">Source model<br/>
(License)</th> (License)</th>
</tr> </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr> <tr>
<th id="software-desktop-os">Operating system</th> <th id="software-desktop-os">Operating system</th>
<th id="gentoo_linux" headers="software-desktop software-desktop-os"> <th id="gentoo_linux" headers="software-desktop software-desktop-os">
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<td class="desc" headers="software-description gentoo_linux"> <td class="desc" headers="software-description gentoo_linux">
<p><a href="https://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a> <p><a href="https://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>
is a highly modular, source-based, Linux-based is a highly modular, source-based, Linux-based
operating system which allows vast customisation to operating system which allows vast customisation
tailor the operating system to suit your specific to tailor the operating system to suit your
needs. There are many advantages to such an specific needs. There are many advantages to
operating system, with the most notable being the such an operating system, with the most notable
ability to optimise the software for security, being the ability to optimise the software for
privacy, performance, or power usage; however, there security, privacy, performance, or power usage;
are effectively unlimited other use cases, or a however, there are effectively unlimited other
combination of multiple use cases.</p> use cases, or a combination of multiple use
<p>I have focused on security hardening and privacy cases.</p>
hardening, placing performance below those aspects, <p>I have focused on security hardening and
although my system is still very performant. Some of privacy hardening, placing performance below
the hardening I apply includes those aspects, although my system is still very
performant. Some of the hardening I apply
includes
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow_protection">stack protection</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow_protection">stack protection</a>,
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow">signed integer overflow trapping</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow">signed integer overflow trapping</a>,
and GrapheneOS' and GrapheneOS'
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a> <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a>
memory allocator.</p> memory allocator.</p>
<p>You can find my Gentoo Linux configurations in my <p>You can find my Gentoo Linux configurations
in my
<a href="https://src.inferencium.net/Inferencium/cfg/">configuration respository</a>.</p> <a href="https://src.inferencium.net/Inferencium/cfg/">configuration respository</a>.</p>
</td> </td>
<td headers="software-desktop-source_model gentoo_linux"> <td headers="software-desktop-source_model gentoo_linux">
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(BSD-3-Clause) (BSD-3-Clause)
</td> </td>
</tr> </tr>
</tbody>
</table> </table>
</div> </div>
<h4 id="recommendations-software-smartphone"><a href="#recommendations-software-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4> </section>
<section id="recommendations-software-smartphone">
<h4><a href="#recommendations-software-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4>
<div style="overflow-x:auto;"> <div style="overflow-x:auto;">
<table> <table>
<thead>
<tr> <tr>
<th id="software-smartphone-type">Type</th> <th id="software-smartphone-type">Type</th>
<th id="software-smartphone">Software</th> <th id="software-smartphone">Software</th>
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<th id="software-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/> <th id="software-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/>
(License)</th> (License)</th>
</tr> </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr> <tr>
<th id="software-smartphone-os">Operating system</th> <th id="software-smartphone-os">Operating system</th>
<th id="grapheneos" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-os"> <th id="grapheneos" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-os">
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<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description grapheneos"> <td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description grapheneos">
<p><a href="https://grapheneos.org/">GrapheneOS</a> <p><a href="https://grapheneos.org/">GrapheneOS</a>
is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened, is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened,
secure-by-default, Android-based operating system secure-by-default, Android-based operating
which implements extensive, systemic security and system which implements extensive, systemic
privacy hardening to the Android Open Source Project security and privacy hardening to the Android
used as its base codebase. Its hardening includes Open Source Project used as its base codebase.
closing gaps for apps to access sensitive system Its hardening includes closing gaps for apps to
information, a secure app spawning feature which access sensitive system information, a secure
avoids sharing address space layout and other app spawning feature which avoids sharing
secrets AOSP's default Zygote app spawning model address space layout and other secrets AOSP's
would share, default Zygote app spawning model would share,
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/kernel_gs-gs101/">hardened kernel</a>, <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/kernel_gs-gs101/">hardened kernel</a>,
hardened memory allocator hardened memory allocator
(<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a>) (<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a>)
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<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_system_sepolicy/">stricter SELinux policies</a>, <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_system_sepolicy/">stricter SELinux policies</a>,
and local and remote hardware-backed attestation and local and remote hardware-backed attestation
(<a href="https://attestation.app/about/">Auditor</a>) (<a href="https://attestation.app/about/">Auditor</a>)
to ensure the OS has not been corrupted or tampered to ensure the OS has not been corrupted or
with.</p> tampered with.</p>
<p>GrapheneOS only supports <p>GrapheneOS only supports
<a href="https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-support">high security and well-supported devices</a> <a href="https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-support">high security and well-supported devices</a>
which receive full support from their manufacturers, which receive full support from their
including firmware updates, long support lifecycles, manufacturers, including firmware updates, long
secure hardware, and overall high security support lifecycles, secure hardware, and overall
practices.</p> high security practices.</p>
<p>For an extensive list of features GrapheneOS <p>For an extensive list of features GrapheneOS
provides, visit its provides, visit its
<a href="https://grapheneos.org/features/">official features list</a> <a href="https://grapheneos.org/features/">official features list</a>
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Vanadium Vanadium
</th> </th>
<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description vanadium"> <td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description vanadium">
<p>Vanadium is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened <p>Vanadium is a security-hardened,
Chromium-based web browser which utilises privacy-hardened Chromium-based web browser
GrapheneOS' operating system hardening to implement which utilises GrapheneOS' operating system
stronger defenses to the already very secure hardening to implement stronger defenses to the
Chromium web browser. Its hardening alongside already very secure Chromium web browser. Its
Chromium's base security features includes hardening alongside Chromium's base security
features includes
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/blob/13/patches/0081-Implement-UI-for-JIT-site-settings.patch">disabling JavaScript just-in-time (JIT) compilation by default</a>, <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/blob/13/patches/0081-Implement-UI-for-JIT-site-settings.patch">disabling JavaScript just-in-time (JIT) compilation by default</a>,
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/blob/13/patches/0051-stub-out-the-battery-status-API.patch">stubbing out the battery status API to prevent abuse of it</a>, <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/blob/13/patches/0051-stub-out-the-battery-status-API.patch">stubbing out the battery status API to prevent abuse of it</a>,
and and
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/blob/13/patches/0084-Toggle-for-navigating-external-URL-in-incognito.patch">always-on Incognito mode as an option</a>.</p> <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/blob/13/patches/0084-Toggle-for-navigating-external-URL-in-incognito.patch">always-on Incognito mode as an option</a>.</p>
<p>Vanadium's source code, including its Chromium <p>Vanadium's source code, including its Chromium
patch-set, can be found in its patch-set, can be found in its
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/">official repository</a>.</p></td> <a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/">official repository</a>.</p>
</td>
<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model vanadium"> <td headers="software-smartphone-source_model vanadium">
Open-source<br/> Open-source<br/>
(GPL-2.0-only) (GPL-2.0-only)
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<p><a href="https://molly.im/">Molly</a> <p><a href="https://molly.im/">Molly</a>
is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened
<a href="https://signal.org/">Signal</a> <a href="https://signal.org/">Signal</a>
client which hardens Signal by using a variety of client which hardens Signal by using a variety
of
<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#features">unique features</a>, <a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#features">unique features</a>,
allowing allowing
<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/wiki/Data-Encryption-At-Rest">locking the database when not in use</a>, <a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/wiki/Data-Encryption-At-Rest">locking the database when not in use</a>,
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<p>Molly is available in <p>Molly is available in
<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#free-and-open-source">2 flavours</a>: <a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#free-and-open-source">2 flavours</a>:
<ul> <ul>
<li>Molly, which includes the same <li>Molly, which includes the
proprietary Google code as Signal to same proprietary Google code as
support more features.</li> Signal to support more
<li>Molly-FOSS, which removes the features.</li>
proprietary Google code to provide <li>Molly-FOSS, which removes
an entirely open-source client.</li> the proprietary Google code to
provide an entirely open-source
client.</li>
</ul> </ul>
</p> </p>
</td> </td>
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<p><a href="https://conversations.im/">Conversations</a> <p><a href="https://conversations.im/">Conversations</a>
is a well-designed Android is a well-designed Android
<a href="https://xmpp.org/">XMPP</a> <a href="https://xmpp.org/">XMPP</a>
client which serves as the de facto XMPP reference client which serves as the de facto XMPP
client and has great usability.</p> reference client and has great usability.</p>
</td> </td>
<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model conversations"> <td headers="software-smartphone-source_model conversations">
Open-source<br/> Open-source<br/>
(GPL-3.0-only) (GPL-3.0-only)
</td> </td>
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</tbody>
</table> </table>
</div> </div>
</section> </section>
</section>
<section id="recommendations-music"> <section id="recommendations-music">
<h3><a href="#recommendations-music">Music</a></h3> <h3><a href="#recommendations-music">Music</a></h3>
<p>For a curated list of music I enjoy, visit my <p>For a curated list of music I enjoy,
visit my
<a href="music.xhtml">music page</a>.</p> <a href="music.xhtml">music page</a>.</p>
</section> </section>
</section>
<section id="gnulinux_or_linux"> <section id="gnulinux_or_linux">
<h2><a href="#gnulinux_or_linux">Is it GNU/Linux or Just Linux?</a></h2> <h2><a href="#gnulinux_or_linux">Is it GNU/Linux or Just Linux?</a></h2>
<p>It's just Linux. GNU is unrelated to Linux, which is a kernel developed by <p>It's just Linux. GNU is unrelated to Linux, which is a kernel developed by