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Is Google Pixel actually good for privacy?
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this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
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I'd argue yes.
I see Google as a known unknown, where as various other Chinese phones are unknown unknowns.
I acknowledge I have western bias, but the propaganda, human rights violations and control of the CCP is well understood.
At the very least Pixel let's you flash an alternative OS.
Basically every Chinese phone has a great custom rom support
Graphene only supports Pixels officially because of how easily you can unlock the bootloader
it's because of the Titan M chip, not because of ease of bootloader unlocking. Pixel's have much higher hardware security with only iPhones and their secure enclave matching it afaik.
That's not the only reason, you can also unlock the bootloader of a FairPhone very easily and they're still not supported.