Fairphone 4 OS recomendation

[Astatine]

@Encounter5729

it’s not insecure

Not insecure? As we know, /e/os requires an unlocked bootloader, which ruins practically the entire security of your Android device. See:

Will flashing LineageOS on a Xiaomi phone prevent it from collecting user data and possibly sharing it with the Chinese government?

This goes far beyond just the encryption, since an attacker can trivially flash partitions without risk of erasing user-data (according to DivestOS FAQ), I would assume with the altered/compromised system, the encryption wouldn’t last long, e.g. brute-force the password, etc. All of that with a persistent after reboot compromise, which would not be the case with locked bootloader. The security issue with an unlocked bootloader is HUGE, which you can read about this: A fundamental part of An…