MTE is an extremely important security feature. As of now, only the Pixel 8 series and GrapheneOS support it. We should make people aware of how important MTE is and recommend the Pixel 8 series and up. We should also mention that, as of now, only GrapheneOS supports it, unless the DivestOS develop…

[image] anon28734771: We should make people aware of how important MTE is Added in update: Mention MTE in Google Pixel and GrapheneOS recommendations main ← android-mte opened 02:39AM - 21 S…

I’m not sure about the “extremely important” part of this. We don’t usually say people need security features beyond what stock AOSP provides by default without good reason. I don’t really see this as something that would make it worth upgrading to a Pixel 8 from a Pixel 4a (5G) or newer device. We…

[image] jonah: I’m not sure about the “extremely important” part of this. When we talk about such big percentages, I think it’s extremely important. GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS) Around 70% of overall vulnerabilities for Android are memory corruption. An even higher proportion of rem…

I don’t have much knowledge on the subject of Android vulnerabilities, but it would seem to me that the statistic on its own doesn’t say much about the actual risk to users. If it’s 70% of a very small number of vulnerabilities or a very remote chance of being compromised by said vulnerabilities, i…

Cyber risk assessment includes likelihood and impact on the systems along with the vulnerability. You have to multiply three for calculating the risk.

In the latest release of GrapheneOS, you can now enable hardware memory tagging for all user installed apps on the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro to make them substantially harder to exploit. This is particularly useful for apps like Signal and WhatsApp. GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS) In the late…

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