dont use android?? copperheados?? hello? sure sounds bias to me. and no u wouldnt use gmail, u would use something non fourteen eyes. like protonmail or ur own pgp enigmal with riseup. u wouldnt even use social media. this is ridicules. whatsapp? really? after all the extreme crap they got caught with? how about u advise signal, silence, or xmpp options out there. chromebook?...tails...whonix....librem 15.... qubesos…
As far as Android goes: who's auditing CopperheadOS? What white hats are looking at it and trying to compromise it so that it can be improved? What's their rep, what's their record, and how do they stack up against iOS's internal and external security tests? As far as "ur own pgp enigmal with riseup" goes: how are you going to get people to email you? Are you, a journalist, going to manage SPF/DKIM and make sure you'…
"Tails/Whonix/especially-Qubes are not because people need their stuff to actually work and to not spend more of their time fighting their computer than doing their jobs; "
lol? what kind of statment is this.. u can easily get work done on these. if your fighting your computer then technology isnt for you. qubes is stupid easy to use, tails in plug in and go. whonix especially with the auto installers now are even more click and go. where are you hearing people say they cant do work with these. thats literally outragious. security is not google i can tell u that for a fact. secuirty is not something u compromise with. as far as email, pgp isnt hard, and even proton mail makes it stupid easy. if its that big of an issue use something like ECS email where u dont need to deal with pgp but u still get security