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We're hopeful the recent attention will help us with finding hardware partners with aligned goals. It's a requirement for the devices to be at least as secure as a Pixel. That includes a modern mobile SoC and a comparable secure element to the Titan M implementing the same APIs.
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Initially, it doesn't need to be better. It's difficult enough to produce a device meeting the same standards without severe privacy or security regressions. We're not interested in having our brand associated with a device that's marketed as private and secure but is worse off.
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The setup we want to have isn't far from what Google was doing with Nexus devices. GrapheneOS needs substantial input into the design and implementation of devices. They'll use our signing keys for boot chain, stock OS verified boot key, etc. Pixels set the baseline standards.
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Some additions to the secure element APIs would make sense and a 'Sensors Off' switch disabling all sensors usable for audio recording (microphones, cameras, gyroscopes, accelerometers, compass, barometer, etc.) for mitigating a compromised device would be a nice frill to add.
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twitter.com/GrapheneOS/sta Any added features need a meaningful threat model and implementation. A GPS kill switch doesn't come anywhere close to preventing location detection. On most phones, detecting location is typically done with cellular and Wi-Fi first. GPS kicks in later.
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Some additions to the secure element APIs would make sense and a 'Sensors Off' switch disabling all sensors usable for audio recording (microphones, cameras, gyroscopes, accelerometers, compass, barometer, etc.) for mitigating a compromised device would be a nice frill to add.
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