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Dag Ågren ↙︎↙︎↙︎@Purism I don't see any mention of how applications are isolated from the rest of the system and other applications. To me, this is the #1 privacy risk on a mobile device, and just saying that you will run applications from an open ecosystem on a Linux base system sounds incredibly insecure.
@WAHa_06x36 The phone will be centered around Linux/Debian both of which have a tremendous track record for security, privacy and stability.
@Purism That is exactly the kind of statement that is making me highly suspicious of this project. Linux and Debian have basically zero support for the kind of privacy features you want and *need* in a mobile OS. It sounds like you don't even understand what the problem you are trying to solve is.
What I want to hear is this: How are handling giving access to various resources to apps? Camera, microphone, accelerometer, how are those protected? Location? Photos, media, contacts?
@Purism How are you blocking apps from reading the files of other apps? How are you storing passwords and cookies securely?
@Purism What specific features do you provide to match (and hopefully exceed) those offered by iOS and Android? On iOS I can install an app and trust that it will not be able to spy on anything on my phone I do not give it explicit permission to. And I can trust that even with physical access to a stolen device, nobody can get my passwords and credentials. What about your device? What does it do to ensure the same level of protection?
@Purism You allow installing different OSes on the device. How do you *prevent* somebody who has stolen my device from doing that to circumvent protections and access my data?
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You have to trust Apple though. iOS applications may not be able to spy on you, but what about iOS itself?
You have to trust Apple though. iOS applications may not be able to spy on you, but what about iOS itself?
@WAHa_06x36 If you post your questions in our forum, the developers will all have a chance to look at them and provide better answers for you. https://forums.puri.sm/
@Purism You really should be putting this stuff on your site. As of now, it sounds like very empty claims.
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@Purism Yes, those are the ones I read, and did not find satisfactory at all.
Eugen Rochko@WAHa_06x36 @Purism The point is that the phone is a linux system, just like a desktop. I don't see how the problem you are describing exists on phones but not desktops - both have cameras, microphones, geolocation capabilities. Just like you wouldn't execute a random binary from the net as sudo and expect that nothing bad happens, same is true on a phone.
@Gargron @Purism Desktop systems are a bit less personal, so privacy isn't quite as important, and yes, desktop systems are a lot less secure than mobile ones, mostly due to legacy. So basically, the problem is that running a desktop system on a mobile device gives you an unacceptably low level of security and privacy.