Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking

They couldn't answer the question most on my mind: "We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say."

GrapheneOS makes security trade-off that are inconvenient to the user. This results in a far more secure device, but nonetheless a device that the general public would find far more annoying. Google would lose a proportion of its user base by implementing the same protections.

Example: https://old.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/ytk1ng/graphen...

Also Google Pay is missing.

Google Wallet works but tap-to-pay NFC payments don't because Google enforces strong Play Integrity for that portion. They only allow Google certified OSes to use it. It's a sad choice on their part, not GrapheneOS' fault or choice.

Without Google Pay, Google Wallet is practically a glorified card number vault. Which can still be useful, just not at card terminals.

True. This is an issue in America specifically. Where there is a Google Apple duopoly on tap-to-pay tech. Can be worked around though with smart watches like Garmin watch with Garmin Pay. In many other regions there are alternatives like Curve Pay or tap-to-pay functionalities in banking apps

Google Pay also works with a Pixel watch connected to a GrapheneOS phone, FWIW.

Oh is that right? That's cool. That might be enough to give Graphene another go, especially since Android Car is supported now. Thank you.

Also Garmin watches if you'd prefer wearing something with battery lasting weeks, not hours ;)

That's what I use. The Garmin O/S UX is a bit ass, but usable and I never need to carry money if I am going on a run.