If you're looking for an Android compatible phone that prioritizes privacy and security, appears to be a pretty solid option.
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Did you use Copperhead? I'm not sure who to trust from that fiasco..
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It's a good point the choice of Copperhead or GrapheneOS is very confusing. Each one claims they are better. Which one has a future?
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If they're both open source and the differences aren't massive, technically speaking, it's entirely possible that both have a future. In that kind of a case the vast majority of development effort can actually be shared between the projects and usually is.
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Copperhead doesn't have its signing keys anymore. The main dev left one day and the project blew up because of it. I haven't had updates on that phone in a year or two.
The dev then setup Graphene OS.
I guess it's clearer why I asked now ;)
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This isn't an accurate portrayal of what happened. I didn't leave Copperhead but rather there was a takeover of the company and I was pushed out of it. The project continued onwards as GrapheneOS and still in the early stages of being revived after so much damage has been done.
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There's an ongoing war on the project by the same people involved in that crisis. That includes them spreading misinformation, intimidating contributors/supporters and many other ways of causing as much damage as they can. It has led to the current situation of the project.
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From my pov, all that could be true, but still issues with how both sides conducted themselves afterwards. I want a team I can count on, and seeing Copperhead assets promoting a GrapheneOS makes the situation look extremely messy, where a clean break would've been better IMO
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Latest OS supports Pixel 2, two generations behind the latest generation hardware. That's in spite of all your paid clients on the website.
I can't buy a recent phone and install copperhead = copperhead not doing enough.
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All they have is legacy code they've stolen from the project. They simply forked the legacy GrapheneOS code and failed to properly maintain it or modernize it. They've done no active privacy or security work. The current 'CopperheadOS' is just a scam and not the original project.
