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Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by Youden »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

Only for two years: https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-comp...

Didn't you read the article? It's kinda hard to miss the Lenovo all through the press release.

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by okanat »

phoronixrly wrote: post #11
zx8080 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

I was going to ask wasn't motorola bought and sold so many times that it ended up in Chinese hands. It ended up in Google's hands instead... Ngl, kind of underwhelming from Graphene Edit: wait, that's old news, it is part of Lenovo...

It ended up in Chinese hands.

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by neumann »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

They sold Motorola to Lenovo in 2014

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by 3nrico »

phoronixrly wrote: post #11
zx8080 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

I was going to ask wasn't motorola bought and sold so many times that it ended up in Chinese hands. It ended up in Google's hands instead... Ngl, kind of underwhelming from Graphene Edit: wait, that's old news, it is part of Lenovo...

That article is fron 2012. According to wikipedia Motorola Mobility was then aquired by Lenovo in 2014, and Lenovo still ownes Motorla Mobility to this day.

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by ItsHarper »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

No it's not. Google sold Motorola to Lenovo like a decade ago.

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by [deleted] »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

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Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by silisili »

This was figured out a while ago based on the hints given.

That said, I'm pretty excited. Motorola of the last decade or so has made really good hardware with basically stock firmware and a terrible update policy, which is why many avoid them. Seriously, they just offer quarterly updates on flagships, which is incredibly unsecure. Punting software to Graphene solves the biggest gripe many have.

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by ggm »

Will the sandboxed google play permit banking apps to work using TPM and secured credentials?

Is it even possible to store secure credentials properly?

I would expect whatever you initialised before grapheneOS is wiped before you can run the alternate OS.

Is termux possible with a root/sudo function?

Re: Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS

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Post by klausa »

zx8080 wrote: post #7
Satuminus wrote: post #5

This is good. Having an alternative to Pixel-Phones for GOS makes sense. I wonder if we will have the option to buy a Motorola phone with GOS out of the box (not sure if i would trust that, but it might be interesting for some people that are skeptical of installing it on their Pixel by themselves).

Same owner (Google/Alphabet): https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...

Literally the first three words of the announcement that this submission is about are "Motorola, a Lenovo Company".
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