Even if they have GrapheneOS, the lead developer of GrapheneOS publicly admitted struggling with mental health issues. People with mental health issues and severe personality disorders are very easy for nation state actors to manipulate and compromise. GrapheneOS is very strong on the technology specifics, but there's more to safe computing than just the technical part.
Readit Newsdevaiops9001 commented on Does mass surveillance make you feel isolated? · Posted by u/PrimaryAlibi
I am an ardent anti-custom-ROM/OS advocate
Not because I inherently "trust" Google/Apple/etc ... but because I do not have the time to worry about random incompatibilities with my devices - I've got kids, a full-time job, and other stuff to think/worry about ... fiddlefutzing with a phone (or other device) OS is about the LAST thing I want to take up space in my schedule :)
GrapheneOS, despite its human problems (as admitted by its project lead), does have at least near perfect if not perfect compatibility with the Google Pixel devices listed as release targets on the GrapheneOS website.
What exactly to do to benefit from the technology benefits of GrapheneOS, but protect the actual users, is still an open question.
Almost a year a go the lead developer of GrapheneOS, Daniel Micay, publicly admitted that he was experiencing mental health issues and announced he would step down from the project. As displayed by Micay's behavior, just in the last few days even, he is still dealing with those issues. Micay will jump to cry he is being "harassed" and melt down when he meets just the slightest amount of resistance in a discussion that hasn't deviated from technology. He will even do this simply due to the format or style one chooses to reply with, irrespective of content.
Today, we can see that Micay deleted off of GitHub his announcement that he stepped down, probably when he thought not a lot of people were looking. As evidenced by the writing style and choice of words on the project's social accounts, Micay is operating those social media accounts. The recent Git commit history shows he's active in the project again.
Micay does do great technical work. However he is very quick to jump to accuse others of "harassment" and "misinformation", dividing development efforts and excluding others from projects in what looks like an attempt to control others and reduce competition in the space.
As Louis Rossman pointed out, Micay bullies other people, some would even call it "harassment", then tries to hide it behind an excuse the he suffers some form of autism.
devaiops9001 commented on Social engineering takeovers of open source projects openssf.org/blog/2024/04/... · Posted by u/mooreds
I can't begin to state how much of a tinfoil hat theory this is. The issues with the leadership were persistent since years. Just read the recent thread about it here people.
I want to say that, just like that nixpkgs maintainer with 18.000 commits, as a non-US citizen I'd also not contribute to NixOS/nixpkgs. I in no way would support the MIC of a genocidal state.
I looked into the "issues with the leadership", and everything I found was all a bunch of crap. The head of NixOS made a mistake stepping down, he should have told the SJW losers to get fucked.
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devaiops9001 commented on I am So Disappointed with Ubuntu 24.04 news.itsfoss.com/ubuntu-2... · Posted by u/vermaden
This quote below, is really fucking dumb. A GNU+Linux distribution should absolutely never ever do this. GNU+Linux is not only not Windows, it should not adopt the very stupid patterns native to the mind of a Windows user. The guy who wrote this article should fuck off back to Windows.
" You ask me if it is possible to use popular tools like Chrome on Ubuntu. I say yes. Just download it from the official website and install it by double-clicking like you do it with exe files in Windows."
They should release the code.
devaiops9001 commented on Working with Qubes OS at the Guardian theguardian.com/info/2024... · Posted by u/colinprince
SecureDrop Workstation is based on Qubes OS. It removes the need for a separate ‘air gapped’ machine
Qubes is awesome, but it's no substitute for an air gap.
This is the same publication that broke the Snowden story. Their adversary collects hardware backdoors like baseball cards. This is not smart.
I would think twice before making a whistleblower disclosure to an organization that thinks this way.
Spectre vulnerabilities are a huge problem. Problems in x86_64 never cease to emerge. Qubes Air is probably the most outstanding viable approach to not exactly mitigate CPU and chipset problems but avoid them or leave them moot.