Top Android Phones From China Are Packed With Spyware, Research Finds

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  • As for Linux distributions, most of them don't have proper sandboxing of applications. We might get there one day with bubblewrap and Flatpak.

  • hardened_malloc

    Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability / integration over time.

  • Ironically you're better off with a Google Pixel, because more of it is open source, ie Trusty OS, and then you can also benefit from GrapheneOS which is the gold standard as far as third party Android OSes go. You don't have to give up verified boot or run around with unlocked bootloader. The Pixel is also a device that supports user settable keys.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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