Hi,

A friend wants to degoogle his phone, so I suggested the OS I’m currently using. The one we can’t talk about… He wants a small/compact phone, so I suggested pixel 4a (not buying second hand though), but I’m afraid that planned obsolescence may kill the phone rather soon. What’s your opinion?

Cheers and thank you for your help,

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Depends on your friends threat model, lineage will work on it.

    No security updates makes the Pixel 4a a bold choice for your main phone. I don’t recommend it

    I would follow the graphene OS recommended phone guide, that gives you maximum flexibility to put any operating system you want on the phone.

    • delirious_owl@discuss.online
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      5 months ago

      Phones are insecure devices, by design. Should be OK.

      Just don’t do anything on a phone that falls under “sensitive” on your threat model. Use a proper computer with a proper password for that.