Waydroid privacy/security

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Hi, thinking of using Waydroid for a couple of work apps when working from home so I can use them via a VPN on my Fedora box. It seems that one nice thing about Waydroid is that you can have several apps open at once next to each other which would be convenient. My only other Android option currently are GOS phones for these apps which I could do, but I’m interested in the Waydroid layout.

Is Waydroid reasonable from a privacy / security standpoint. I don’t see any posts here on it but at r/privacyguides I found:

1 - from 2022, Waydroid uses an insecure fork of Android 10, security model disabled, etc.

https://reddit.idevicehacked.com/r/PrivacyGuides/comments/x32zj0/waydroid_or_grapheneos

What would a closed source permission-maximalist Android be able to discern about my computer or my network from within the Waydroid container?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

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The consensus from security experts and a number of online discussions is that Waydroid is not a secure solution for running sensitive applications.

Weakened Security Model: Waydroid’s primary security issue is that it largely disables the core Android security model. This includes the Android app sandbox and SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux).

Outdated Android Version: Waydroid’s image is based on an older version of Android (LineageOS based on Android 13, according to a recent report). This means it is missing many important security and privacy patches that have been released in the Android Security Bulletins since then.

Those are some things worth mentioning.

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