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. (by GrapheneOS)

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    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Jul 2026
  • GrapheneOS reccommended for domestic abuse victims
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jul 2026
    Zero Google services are shippsx by default, but you can install Play Store and Services in a sandbox and it has minimal privacy problems, depending on the permissions you give it.

    Their docs are really good, not only for their phone but for learning about privacy and security: https://grapheneos.org

    You could still install an app that spies on you on grapheneos because it has 99.99% android app compatibility, so if you gave an app designed for spying the relevant permissions, it would still be able to spy. No way it could hide location indicator or anything like that, but I doubt it could do that on other OSes (don't quote me on other OSes).

  • LineageOS Statistics
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jul 2026
    [12]: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc/graphs/contrib...
  • Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jun 2026
    Graphene is not a kind of Android. It doesn't even advertise itself as such:

    > GrapheneOS is a privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility [https://grapheneos.org/]

  • Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Apr 2026
    It's refreshing that projects like https://grapheneos.org/ that let you take control of your device again at least to some degree.
  • F-Droid: "Keep Android Open"
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Feb 2026
  • 2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jan 2026
  • Why is Zig so Cool?
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Nov 2025
    Some days ago I decided to look at Zig a bit more in detail. So I skipped the usual marketing and I checked why it could be an alternative to C or Rust. Could it be?

    It seems that allocators are a nice idea, however, it seems that they exist "somehow" already for C, so I wonder: why would you pick this language for your next low level program? They provide runtime checks, so you need thorough testing before you can spot use-after-free or so. It's very similar to the existing situation with c/c++ and the sanitizers, although they work a bit differently.

    So the question I have for hardcore low level programmers: why don't they invest more on the memory allocators like hardened_malloc[0] instead of starting a new programming language? It would probably be less expensive in terms of time and would help fix existing software.

    [0]: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc

  • Keep Android Open
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Oct 2025
    No matter how this turns out, I'm sure GrapheneOS will make a smart effort. https://grapheneos.org/

    But long-term, Android is such a massive code base, and was designed more for surveillance and consumption, than for privacy and the user's interests.

    I think getting mainline Linux on viable and sustainable on multiple hardware devices is warmer, fuzzier foundation. (Sort of a cross between Purism's work on the Librem 5, and PostmarketOS's work on trying to get mainline Linux viable on something else.)

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    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Aug 2025
    >Give me a Pixel & all the Google stuff but without Google

    https://grapheneos.org/

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