GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches

> may i ask how you obtain the source? Are you registered as an OEM at Google?

Same question, how does Graphene get patches?

They have partnership an OEM who provides them with sources.

Currently they're only permitted to release binaries of the patches due to the embargo, this is why these patches are in the parallel stream/optional (so people unhappy with being unable to see the sources won't have them shoved down their throats).

I don't have URLs at hand at the moment but all these questions have been asked many times and explained extensively on their discussion forum.

I, for one, feel safe. I was patched since late October (IIRC) for the vulnerabilities that Android-related outlets were warning about in early December.

It's quite surreal how unsafe the standard Android is. And how Google and the big companies pretend old devices (these running Android 11, 12, 13, not updated for several years) are safe and secure. While all it takes is the user stumbling upon one malicious we page or getting a WhatsApp message they won't even see.

> It's quite surreal how unsafe the standard Android

Well that's untrue. I'd even venture to say that with how many OEMs there are it's insane how safe Android is. Google for one updates their devices for 7 years since Pixel 6, they can't control OEMs who might have ~10 people working on their devices.

> Google for one updates their devices for 7 years since Pixel 6

Pixel 8 https://endoflife.date/pixel

If I don't misunderstand you, you're suggesting the Pixel 8 line is shown red/discontinued? If that's it, you're probably on a mobile browser which might cut off right after the Discontinued column. The table goes on next to that where you'll see that all Pixels since 6 are currently still supported.

Pixel 8 line:

> Ends in 4 years and 10 months (01 Oct 2030)

You misunderstood. He’s saying that Google provides 7 years of device updates only for the Pixel 8 and later. That’s true: Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 only get 5 years of updates.

Pixel 7:

> Ends in 1 year and 10 months (01 Oct 2027)

Pixel 6:

> Ends in 10 months (01 Oct 2026)