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The Fairphone (Gen. 6)

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155 points DavideNL | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 09:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pickledoyster ◴[25 Jun 25 10:16 UTC] No.44375563[source]▶
available with /e/OS too https://shop.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6-e-operating-s...

As I near the eol of my daily driver, I'm considering a Fairphone, but what it's missing is a folding card holder, like the Satechi wallet stand for iPhone. Putting the phone in horizontal mode on a table and using a bt keyboard is how I do a lot of my writing

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poisonborz ◴[25 Jun 25 10:23 UTC] No.44375611[source]▶
eOS uses microG. I'd wish Fairphone offered partnership with GrapheneOS, especially now that Google broke their workflow. Sandboxed Play Services is pretty much a must for a lot of people.
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daveoc64 ◴[25 Jun 25 10:42 UTC] No.44375720[source]▶
>I'd wish Fairphone offered partnership with GrapheneOS

The makers of GrapheneOS have indicated that Fairphone doesn't meet their security requirements:

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114737139118874189

I think there are some fundamental flaws with how Fairphone operates, plus they don't seem to release security updates promptly.

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untitled2 ◴[25 Jun 25 11:03 UTC] No.44375858[source]▶
So Fairphone is NOT secure?
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1. throwaway74354 ◴[25 Jun 25 11:37 UTC] No.44376095[source]▶
Security is a policy-driven spectrum of considerations and solutions. GrapheneOS targets very specific threat models, which is not possible with Fairphone hardware/BSP. Whether it makes it not secure for your own use cases, it's up to you to decide.

Case in point: re-lockable bootloader requirement. Not everyone is a target for an evil maid types of physical attacks or possible state actor pressure. But when you actually need it, it's not negotiable.