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<!-- Inferencium - Website - About -->
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<!-- Version: 8.1.0-alpha.9 -->
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<!-- Version: 8.1.0-alpha.10 -->
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<!-- Copyright 2022 Jake Winters -->
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</section>
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<section id="recommendations">
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<h2><a href="#recommendations">Recommendations</a></h2>
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<h3 id="recommendations-hardware"><a href="#recommendations-hardware">Hardware</a></h3>
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<h4 id="recommendations-hardware-smartphone"><a href="#recommendations-hardware-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4>
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
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<table>
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<tr>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-type">Type</th>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone">Hardware</th>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-description">Description</th>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/>
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(License)</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-smartphone">Smartphone</th>
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<th id ="google-pixel" headers="hardware hardware-smartphone-smartphone">
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<img src="asset/img/google-pixel_8_pro.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Front and rear view of a Google Pixel 8 Pro in Obsidian colour"/><br/>
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Google Pixel
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="hardware-description google-pixel">
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<h5>Security/Privacy</h5>
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<p>Google Pixel devices are the best Android
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devices available on the market for
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<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/pixel-6-setting-new-standard-for-mobile.html">security and privacy</a>.</p>
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<p>They allow locking the bootloader with a
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<a href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/master/README.md#pixel-2-and-later">custom Android Verified Boot (AVB) key</a>
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in order to preserve security and privacy
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features when installing a custom operating
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system, such as
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<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/verifiedboot/">verified boot</a>
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which verifies that the OS has not been
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corrupted or tampered with, and
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<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/verifiedboot/verified-boot#rollback-protection">rollback protection</a>
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which prevents an adversary from rolling
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back the OS or firmware version to a
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previous version with known security
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vulnerabilities.</p>
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<p>They also include a
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<a href="https://developer.android.com/training/articles/keystore#HardwareSecurityModule">hardware security module</a>
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(Titan M2, improving on the previous
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generation
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<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/building-titan-better-security-through.html">Titan M</a>)
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which is extremely resistant to both remote
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and physical attacks due to being completely
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isolated from the rest of the system,
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including the operating system. Titan M2
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ensures that the device cannot be remotely
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compromised by requiring the side buttons of
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the device to be physically pressed for some
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sensitive operations. Titan M2 also takes
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the role of
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<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/best-practices/hardware#strongbox-keymaster">Android StrongBox Keymaster</a>,
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a
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<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/keystore">hardware-backed Keystore</a>
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containing sensitive user keys which are
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unavailable to the OS or apps running on it
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without authorisation from Titan M2 itself.
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<a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/05/insider-attack-resistance.html">Insider attack resistance</a>
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ensures that Titan M2 firmware can be
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flashed only if the user PIN/password is
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already known, making it impossible to
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backdoor the device without already knowing
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these secrets.</p>
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<p>Google Pixel device kernels are compiled
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with
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<a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/10/control-flow-integrity-in-android-kernel.html">forward-edge control-flow integrity</a>
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and
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<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2019/10/protecting-against-code-reuse-in-linux_30.html">backward-edge control-flow integrity</a>
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to prevent code reuse attacks against the
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kernel. MAC address randomisation is
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<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>
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<p>Google releases
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<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/">guaranteed monthly security updates</a>,
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ensuring Google Pixel devices are up-to-date
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and quickly protected against security
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vulnerabilities.</p>
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<p>Pixel 6-series and 7-series devices are a
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large improvement over the already very
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secure and private previous generation Pixel
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devices. They replace ARM-based Titan M with
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RISC-V-based Titan M2, reducing trust by
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removing ARM from the equation. Titan M2 is
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more resiliant to attacks than Titan M, and
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is
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<a href="https://www.tuv-nederland.nl/assets/files/cerfiticaten/2022/09/nscib-cc-22-0228971-cert-final.pdf">AVA_VAN.5 certified</a>,
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the highest level of vulnerability
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assessment. Google's in-house Tensor
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System-on-Chip includes Tensor Security
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Core, further improving device security.</p>
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<p>Pixel 8-series includes Armv9's
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<a href="https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/architectures-and-processors-blog/posts/enhanced-security-through-mte">Memory Tagging Extension</a>,
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which dramatically increases device security
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by eliminating up to 95% of all security
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issues caused by memory-unsafety.</p>
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<h5>Support</h5>
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<p>Pixel 5a is supported for a
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<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>
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<p>Pixel 6-series, Pixel 7-series, Pixel
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Fold, and Pixel Tablet are supported for a
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<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>
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<p>Pixel 8-series is supported for a
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<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>
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<td headers="hardware-smartphone-source_model google-pixel">
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<h3 id="recommendations-software"><a href="#recommendations-software">Software</a></h3>
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<h4 id="recommendations-software-desktop"><a href="#recommendations-software-desktop">Desktop</a></h4>
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
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<table>
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<tr>
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<th id="software-desktop-type">Type</th>
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<th id="software-desktop">Software</th>
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<th id="software-desktop-description">Description</th>
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<th id="software-desktop-source_model">Source model<br/>
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(License)</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th id="software-desktop-os">Operating system</th>
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<th id="gentoo_linux" headers="software-desktop software-desktop-os">
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<img src="asset/img/logo-gentoo_linux.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Gentoo Linux logo"/><br/>
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Gentoo Linux
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="software-description gentoo_linux">
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<p><a href="https://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>
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is a highly modular, source-based, Linux-based
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operating system which allows vast customisation to
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tailor the operating system to suit your specific
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needs. There are many advantages to such an
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operating system, with the most notable being the
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ability to optimise the software for security,
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privacy, performance, or power usage; however, there
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are effectively unlimited other use cases, or a
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combination of multiple use cases.</p>
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<p>I have focused on security hardening and privacy
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hardening, placing performance below those aspects,
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although my system is still very performant. Some of
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the hardening I apply includes
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffer_overflow_protection">stack protection</a>,
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer_overflow">signed integer overflow trapping</a>,
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and GrapheneOS'
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<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a>
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memory allocator.</p>
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<p>You can find my Gentoo Linux configurations in my
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<a href="https://src.inferencium.net/Inferencium/cfg/">configuration respository</a>.</p>
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</td>
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<td headers="software-desktop-source_model gentoo_linux">
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Open-source<br/>
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(GPL-2.0-only)
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th id="software-web_browser">Web browser</th>
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<th id="chromium" headers="software-desktop software-web_browser">
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<img src="asset/img/logo-chromium.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Chromium logo"/><br/>
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Chromium
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="software-description chromium">
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<p><a href="https://chromium.org/">Chromium</a>
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is a highly secure web browser which is often ahead
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of other web browsers in security aspects. It has a
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dedicated security team and a very impressive
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<a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/brag-sheet/">security brag sheet</a>.
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Chromium's security features include a strong
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<a href="https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxSandboxing">multi-layer sandbox</a>,
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strong
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<a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/site-isolation">site isolation</a>,
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<a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/binding-integrity">Binding Integrity</a>
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memory hardening, and
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<a href="https://www.chromium.org/developers/testing/control-flow-integrity/">control-flow integrity (CFI)</a>.</p></td>
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<td headers="software-desktop-source_model chromium">
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Open-source<br/>
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(BSD-3-Clause)
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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<h4 id="recommendations-software-smartphone"><a href="#recommendations-software-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4>
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<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
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<table>
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<tr>
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<th id="software-smartphone-type">Type</th>
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<th id="software-smartphone">Software</th>
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<th id="software-smartphone-description">Description</th>
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<th id="software-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/>
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(License)</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th id="software-smartphone-os">Operating system</th>
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<th id="grapheneos" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-os">
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<img src="asset/img/logo-grapheneos.png" width="100" height="100" alt="GrapheneOS logo"/><br/>
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GrapheneOS
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description grapheneos">
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<p><a href="https://grapheneos.org/">GrapheneOS</a>
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is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened,
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secure-by-default, Android-based operating system
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which implements extensive, systemic security and
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privacy hardening to the Android Open Source Project
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used as its base codebase. Its hardening includes
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closing gaps for apps to access sensitive system
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information, a secure app spawning feature which
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avoids sharing address space layout and other
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secrets AOSP's default Zygote app spawning model
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would share,
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<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/kernel_gs-gs101/">hardened kernel</a>,
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hardened memory allocator
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(<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a>)
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to protect against common memory corruption
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vulnerabilities,
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<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_bionic/">hardened Bionic standard C library</a>,
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<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_system_sepolicy/">stricter SELinux policies</a>,
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and local and remote hardware-backed attestation
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(<a href="https://attestation.app/about/">Auditor</a>)
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to ensure the OS has not been corrupted or tampered
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with.</p>
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<p>GrapheneOS only supports
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<a href="https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-support">high security and well-supported devices</a>
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which receive full support from their manufacturers,
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including firmware updates, long support lifecycles,
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secure hardware, and overall high security
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practices.</p>
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<p>For an extensive list of features GrapheneOS
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provides, visit its
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<a href="https://grapheneos.org/features/">official features list</a>
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which provides extensive documentation.</p>
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</td>
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<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model grapheneos">
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Open-source<br/>
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(MIT)
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th id="software-smartphone-web_browser">Web browser</th>
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<th id="vanadium" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-web_browser">
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<img src="asset/img/logo-vanadium.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Vanadium logo"/><br/>
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Vanadium
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description vanadium">
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<p>Vanadium is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened
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Chromium-based web browser which utilises
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GrapheneOS' operating system hardening to implement
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stronger defenses to the already very secure
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Chromium web browser. Its hardening alongside
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Chromium's base security features includes
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<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>,
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<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>,
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and
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<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>
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<p>Vanadium's source code, including its Chromium
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patch-set, can be found in its
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<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/">official repository</a>.</p></td>
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<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model vanadium">
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Open-source<br/>
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(GPL-2.0-only)
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th rowspan="2" id="software-smartphone-messenger">Messenger</th>
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<th id="molly" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-messenger">
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<img src="asset/img/logo-molly.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Molly logo"/><br/>
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Molly
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description molly">
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<p><a href="https://molly.im/">Molly</a>
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is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened
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<a href="https://signal.org/">Signal</a>
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client which hardens Signal by using a variety of
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<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#features">unique features</a>,
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allowing
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<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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and
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<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/a81ff7d120adc9d427be17239107343146bad704/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/crypto/MasterSecretUtil.java#L91">utilising Android StrongBox</a>
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to protect user keys using the device's hardware
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security module.</p>
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<p>Molly is available in
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<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#free-and-open-source">2 flavours</a>:
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<ul>
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<li>Molly, which includes the same
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proprietary Google code as Signal to
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support more features.</li>
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<li>Molly-FOSS, which removes the
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proprietary Google code to provide
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an entirely open-source client.</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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</td>
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<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model molly">
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Open-source<br/>
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(GPL-3.0-only)
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th id="conversations" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-messenger">
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<img src="asset/img/logo-conversations.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Conversations logo"/><br/>
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Conversations
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description conversations">
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<p><a href="https://conversations.im/">Conversations</a>
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is a well-designed Android
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<a href="https://xmpp.org/">XMPP</a>
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client which serves as the de facto XMPP reference
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client and has great usability.</p>
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</td>
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<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model conversations">
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Open-source<br/>
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(GPL-3.0-only)
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</div>
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</section>
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<section id="recommendations-music">
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<h3><a href="#recommendations-music">Music</a></h3>
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<p>For a curated list of music I enjoy, visit my
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<a href="music.xhtml">music page</a>.</p>
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<section id="recommendations-hardware">
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<h3><a href="#recommendations-hardware">Hardware</a></h3>
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<section id="recommendations-hardware-smartphone">
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<h4><a href="#recommendations-hardware-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4>
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<table>
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-type">Type</th>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone">Hardware</th>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-description">Description</th>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/>
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(License)</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<th id="hardware-smartphone-smartphone">Smartphone</th>
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<th id ="google-pixel" headers="hardware hardware-smartphone-smartphone">
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<img src="asset/img/google-pixel_8_pro.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Front and rear view of a Google Pixel 8 Pro in Obsidian colour"/><br/>
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Google Pixel
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</th>
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<td class="desc" headers="hardware-description google-pixel">
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<h5>Security/Privacy</h5>
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<p>Google Pixel devices are the best
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Android devices available on the market
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for
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<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2021/10/pixel-6-setting-new-standard-for-mobile.html">security and privacy</a>.</p>
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<p>They allow locking the bootloader
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with a
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<a href="https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/master/README.md#pixel-2-and-later">custom Android Verified Boot (AVB) key</a>
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in order to preserve security and
|
||||
privacy features when installing a
|
||||
custom operating system, such as
|
||||
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/verifiedboot/">verified boot</a>
|
||||
which verifies that the OS has not been
|
||||
corrupted or tampered with, and
|
||||
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/verifiedboot/verified-boot#rollback-protection">rollback protection</a>
|
||||
which prevents an adversary from rolling
|
||||
back the OS or firmware version to a
|
||||
previous version with known security
|
||||
vulnerabilities.</p>
|
||||
<p>They also include a
|
||||
<a href="https://developer.android.com/training/articles/keystore#HardwareSecurityModule">hardware security module</a>
|
||||
(Titan M2, improving on the previous
|
||||
generation
|
||||
<a href="https://security.googleblog.com/2018/10/building-titan-better-security-through.html">Titan M</a>)
|
||||
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
|
||||
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/best-practices/hardware#strongbox-keymaster">Android StrongBox Keymaster</a>,
|
||||
a
|
||||
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/keystore">hardware-backed Keystore</a>
|
||||
containing sensitive user keys which are
|
||||
unavailable to the OS or apps running on
|
||||
it without authorisation from Titan M2
|
||||
itself.
|
||||
<a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/05/insider-attack-resistance.html">Insider attack resistance</a>
|
||||
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.</p>
|
||||
<p>Google Pixel device kernels are
|
||||
compiled with
|
||||
<a href="https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/10/control-flow-integrity-in-android-kernel.html">forward-edge control-flow integrity</a>
|
||||
and
|
||||
<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 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>
|
||||
<p>Google releases
|
||||
<a href="https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/">guaranteed monthly security updates</a>,
|
||||
ensuring Google Pixel devices are
|
||||
up-to-date and quickly protected against
|
||||
security vulnerabilities.</p>
|
||||
<p>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
|
||||
<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
|
||||
assessment. Google's in-house Tensor
|
||||
System-on-Chip includes Tensor Security
|
||||
Core, further improving device
|
||||
security.</p>
|
||||
<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>,
|
||||
which dramatically increases device
|
||||
security by eliminating up to 95% of all
|
||||
security issues caused by
|
||||
memory-unsafety.</p>
|
||||
<h5>Support</h5>
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
<p>Pixel 6-series, Pixel 7-series, Pixel
|
||||
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>
|
||||
<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>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
<td headers="hardware-smartphone-source_model google-pixel">
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</tbody>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
</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;">
|
||||
<table>
|
||||
<thead>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th id="software-desktop-type">Type</th>
|
||||
<th id="software-desktop">Software</th>
|
||||
<th id="software-desktop-description">Description</th>
|
||||
<th id="software-desktop-source_model">Source model<br/>
|
||||
(License)</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</thead>
|
||||
<tbody>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th id="software-desktop-os">Operating system</th>
|
||||
<th id="gentoo_linux" headers="software-desktop software-desktop-os">
|
||||
<img src="asset/img/logo-gentoo_linux.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Gentoo Linux logo"/><br/>
|
||||
Gentoo Linux
|
||||
</th>
|
||||
<td class="desc" headers="software-description gentoo_linux">
|
||||
<p><a href="https://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>
|
||||
is a highly modular, source-based, Linux-based
|
||||
operating system which allows vast customisation
|
||||
to tailor the operating system to suit your
|
||||
specific needs. There are many advantages to
|
||||
such an operating system, with the most notable
|
||||
being the ability to optimise the software for
|
||||
security, privacy, performance, or power usage;
|
||||
however, there are effectively unlimited other
|
||||
use cases, or a combination of multiple use
|
||||
cases.</p>
|
||||
<p>I have focused on security hardening and
|
||||
privacy hardening, placing performance below
|
||||
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/Integer_overflow">signed integer overflow trapping</a>,
|
||||
and GrapheneOS'
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a>
|
||||
memory allocator.</p>
|
||||
<p>You can find my Gentoo Linux configurations
|
||||
in my
|
||||
<a href="https://src.inferencium.net/Inferencium/cfg/">configuration respository</a>.</p>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
<td headers="software-desktop-source_model gentoo_linux">
|
||||
Open-source<br/>
|
||||
(GPL-2.0-only)
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th id="software-web_browser">Web browser</th>
|
||||
<th id="chromium" headers="software-desktop software-web_browser">
|
||||
<img src="asset/img/logo-chromium.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Chromium logo"/><br/>
|
||||
Chromium
|
||||
</th>
|
||||
<td class="desc" headers="software-description chromium">
|
||||
<p><a href="https://chromium.org/">Chromium</a>
|
||||
is a highly secure web browser which is often ahead
|
||||
of other web browsers in security aspects. It has a
|
||||
dedicated security team and a very impressive
|
||||
<a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/brag-sheet/">security brag sheet</a>.
|
||||
Chromium's security features include a strong
|
||||
<a href="https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxSandboxing">multi-layer sandbox</a>,
|
||||
strong
|
||||
<a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/site-isolation">site isolation</a>,
|
||||
<a href="https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/binding-integrity">Binding Integrity</a>
|
||||
memory hardening, and
|
||||
<a href="https://www.chromium.org/developers/testing/control-flow-integrity/">control-flow integrity (CFI)</a>.</p></td>
|
||||
<td headers="software-desktop-source_model chromium">
|
||||
Open-source<br/>
|
||||
(BSD-3-Clause)
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</tbody>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
<section id="recommendations-software-smartphone">
|
||||
<h4><a href="#recommendations-software-smartphone">Smartphone</a></h4>
|
||||
<div style="overflow-x:auto;">
|
||||
<table>
|
||||
<thead>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th id="software-smartphone-type">Type</th>
|
||||
<th id="software-smartphone">Software</th>
|
||||
<th id="software-smartphone-description">Description</th>
|
||||
<th id="software-smartphone-source_model">Source model<br/>
|
||||
(License)</th>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</thead>
|
||||
<tbody>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th id="software-smartphone-os">Operating system</th>
|
||||
<th id="grapheneos" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-os">
|
||||
<img src="asset/img/logo-grapheneos.png" width="100" height="100" alt="GrapheneOS logo"/><br/>
|
||||
GrapheneOS
|
||||
</th>
|
||||
<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description grapheneos">
|
||||
<p><a href="https://grapheneos.org/">GrapheneOS</a>
|
||||
is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened,
|
||||
secure-by-default, Android-based operating
|
||||
system which implements extensive, systemic
|
||||
security and privacy hardening to the Android
|
||||
Open Source Project used as its base codebase.
|
||||
Its hardening includes closing gaps for apps to
|
||||
access sensitive system information, a secure
|
||||
app spawning feature which avoids sharing
|
||||
address space layout and other secrets AOSP's
|
||||
default Zygote app spawning model would share,
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/kernel_gs-gs101/">hardened kernel</a>,
|
||||
hardened memory allocator
|
||||
(<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/">hardened_malloc</a>)
|
||||
to protect against common memory corruption
|
||||
vulnerabilities,
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_bionic/">hardened Bionic standard C library</a>,
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_system_sepolicy/">stricter SELinux policies</a>,
|
||||
and local and remote hardware-backed attestation
|
||||
(<a href="https://attestation.app/about/">Auditor</a>)
|
||||
to ensure the OS has not been corrupted or
|
||||
tampered with.</p>
|
||||
<p>GrapheneOS only supports
|
||||
<a href="https://grapheneos.org/faq#device-support">high security and well-supported devices</a>
|
||||
which receive full support from their
|
||||
manufacturers, including firmware updates, long
|
||||
support lifecycles, secure hardware, and overall
|
||||
high security practices.</p>
|
||||
<p>For an extensive list of features GrapheneOS
|
||||
provides, visit its
|
||||
<a href="https://grapheneos.org/features/">official features list</a>
|
||||
which provides extensive documentation.</p>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model grapheneos">
|
||||
Open-source<br/>
|
||||
(MIT)
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th id="software-smartphone-web_browser">Web browser</th>
|
||||
<th id="vanadium" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-web_browser">
|
||||
<img src="asset/img/logo-vanadium.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Vanadium logo"/><br/>
|
||||
Vanadium
|
||||
</th>
|
||||
<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description vanadium">
|
||||
<p>Vanadium is a security-hardened,
|
||||
privacy-hardened Chromium-based web browser
|
||||
which utilises GrapheneOS' operating system
|
||||
hardening to implement stronger defenses to the
|
||||
already very secure Chromium web browser. Its
|
||||
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/0051-stub-out-the-battery-status-API.patch">stubbing out the battery status API to prevent abuse of it</a>,
|
||||
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>
|
||||
<p>Vanadium's source code, including its Chromium
|
||||
patch-set, can be found in its
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/Vanadium/">official repository</a>.</p>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model vanadium">
|
||||
Open-source<br/>
|
||||
(GPL-2.0-only)
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th rowspan="2" id="software-smartphone-messenger">Messenger</th>
|
||||
<th id="molly" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-messenger">
|
||||
<img src="asset/img/logo-molly.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Molly logo"/><br/>
|
||||
Molly
|
||||
</th>
|
||||
<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description molly">
|
||||
<p><a href="https://molly.im/">Molly</a>
|
||||
is a security-hardened, privacy-hardened
|
||||
<a href="https://signal.org/">Signal</a>
|
||||
client which hardens Signal by using a variety
|
||||
of
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#features">unique features</a>,
|
||||
allowing
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/wiki/Data-Encryption-At-Rest">locking the database when not in use</a>,
|
||||
and
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android/blob/a81ff7d120adc9d427be17239107343146bad704/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/crypto/MasterSecretUtil.java#L91">utilising Android StrongBox</a>
|
||||
to protect user keys using the device's hardware
|
||||
security module.</p>
|
||||
<p>Molly is available in
|
||||
<a href="https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android#free-and-open-source">2 flavours</a>:
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>Molly, which includes the
|
||||
same proprietary Google code as
|
||||
Signal to support more
|
||||
features.</li>
|
||||
<li>Molly-FOSS, which removes
|
||||
the proprietary Google code to
|
||||
provide an entirely open-source
|
||||
client.</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model molly">
|
||||
Open-source<br/>
|
||||
(GPL-3.0-only)
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
<tr>
|
||||
<th id="conversations" headers="software-smartphone software-smartphone-messenger">
|
||||
<img src="asset/img/logo-conversations.png" width="100" height="100" alt="Conversations logo"/><br/>
|
||||
Conversations
|
||||
</th>
|
||||
<td class="desc" headers="software-smartphone-description conversations">
|
||||
<p><a href="https://conversations.im/">Conversations</a>
|
||||
is a well-designed Android
|
||||
<a href="https://xmpp.org/">XMPP</a>
|
||||
client which serves as the de facto XMPP
|
||||
reference client and has great usability.</p>
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
<td headers="software-smartphone-source_model conversations">
|
||||
Open-source<br/>
|
||||
(GPL-3.0-only)
|
||||
</td>
|
||||
</tr>
|
||||
</tbody>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
<section id="recommendations-music">
|
||||
<h3><a href="#recommendations-music">Music</a></h3>
|
||||
<p>For a curated list of music I enjoy,
|
||||
visit my
|
||||
<a href="music.xhtml">music page</a>.</p>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
</section>
|
||||
<section id="gnulinux_or_linux">
|
||||
<h2><a href="#gnulinux_or_linux">Is it GNU/Linux or Just Linux?</a></h2>
|
||||
|
||||
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