Google’s latest flagship smartphone raises concerns about user privacy and security. It frequently transmits private user data to the tech giant before any app is installed. Moreover, the Cybernews research team has discovered that it potentially has remote management capabilities without user awareness or approval.
Cybernews researchers analyzed the new Pixel 9 Pro XL smartphone’s web traffic, focusing on what a new smartphone sends to Google.
“Every 15 minutes, Google Pixel 9 Pro XL sends a data packet to Google. The device shares location, email address, phone number, network status, and other telemetry. Even more concerning, the phone periodically attempts to download and run new code, potentially opening up security risks,” said Aras Nazarovas, a security researcher at Cybernews…
… “The amount of data transmitted and the potential for remote management casts doubt on who truly owns the device. Users may have paid for it, but the deep integration of surveillance systems in the ecosystem may leave users vulnerable to privacy violations,” Nazarovas said…
So what phones do you all have?
Pixel 7 Pro with GrapheneOS
pixel 6a with graphene os
not a phone just a literal block of graphene
How can it be a block? I thought graphene was like a one atom thick layer of graphite? If you want to make a block, you need to stack them, making graphite, not graphene.
Pixel 8a with graphene
Pencil with graphite
stone and chisel
Oooga booga
iPhone 16 Pro Max, but Graphene does look dope.
Pixel 7 pro with GrapheneOS.
Is there a noticeable performance and/or battery life improvement when phone is on GOS?
In my experience, no. Since Google doesn’t apply any battery optimizations in their stock OS, apart from those already present in AOSP, it makes sense that battery life is essentially the same in GrapheneOS.
Fairphone 5
A couple of different ones. One kali nexus two graphene, one stock pixel
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Sony Xperia 1 iii – LineageOS w/microG
pixel 7a with crdroid