If only something like GrapheneOS was possible on iPhone. Love the system on my Pixel but not a fan of the Android UI and functionality.
The Android UI allows complete customization, you can even make it like iPhone if you want.
GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
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Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#42> Android has ported a lot of the Bluetooth code to Rust. This is a demonstration of why they need to put more resources into porting the rest of the code into Rust. I like how they snuck that in there :-D As someone who spent years writing C and C++, but no experience with Rust, with this porting from C to Rust, how much refactoring is required? That might should be two different questions: 1. How closely does C tra…
It's likely pretty far from a 1:1 port, you'll be rearchitecting a lot of what you are writing. It's unavoidable due to the way Rust guarantees memory safety.
Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#43GrapheneOS is so far ahead in terms of security than anything else that it makes chosing anything but pixel hardware really questionable. But I REALLY want replaceable batteries. Why does everything have to suck nowadays?
They seem to have long-standing problems with emergency services, though. https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/search/?q=emergency
Those posts are mostly more than a year old and many of those end up being VoLTE misconfiguration on carrier side which sadly affects many more phones than just pixels, e.g. iPhones too: https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/ynuu6c/newer_iphone...
VoLTE in general is quite the trash fire.
Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#44Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#45Stock Pixel may not ship with it on by default for end users, but anyone can enable developer options and enable Memory Tagging Extensions - either until toggled off, or for a single session if you're trying to test a specific app - if you do want the feature on.
For my Pixel 7a, I searched the Developer Options menu three times and couldn't find it. Searching for Memory Tagging Extensions in Settings says it's there. Is it hidden somewhere?
Edit: Nevermind, I seen it's only for Pixel 8 phones: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38125379
Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#46Hope somebody using Graphene OS could answer: 1. Is it very challenging to install Graphene OS? Need special cables and to know a lot about jailbreaking Android devices, or will I be fine just following instructions? 2. Is it very inconvenient to use as a daily driver? How often phone just crashes and requires a few days of debugging? Will my bank app work on it?
1. No, it was very easy. I used a normal USB cable and adb on the Linux command line, but the recommended method involves using Web USB in Chromium which is meant to be easier for non-technical people but I couldn't get it to work. 2. No, it is very convenient. It has a sandbox for Google Play Services, which IMO is the best of both worlds as it means you can install all the proprietary crapware apps that make modern…
FWIW, I've used the Web USB installer probably a dozen times without issue, so I would definitely recommend that route if adb is intimidating. I've done it both ways, but the web installer is so easy it feels magical.
As for it not working, were you running a Flatpak/Snap version of the browser? Apparently those are problematic with Web USB. I personally haven't tried on Linux yet (just Mac O's) but now that I've switched to Fedora I might encounter the same issue you did.
Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#47> Pixels shipped a massive hardware security feature (MTE) they aren't enabling for the OS to save 3.125% memory/cache usage. It's silly. Heap MTE has near 0% perf overhead in async mode and is cheaper than increasingly ineffective legacy mitigations like SSP in asymmetric mode. I really want to see someone from the Pixel team justifying the decision here. I really wonder what the thought process is for someone to di…
I think their accusation that the decision was made to save 3% memory usage is too presumptive. They also claim that no other OS is shipping with MTE enabled right now. The decision to enable is likely more nuanced.
Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. No, it was very easy. I used a normal USB cable and adb on the Linux command line, but the recommended method involves using Web USB in Chromium which is meant to be easier for non-technical people but I couldn't get it to work. 2. No, it is very convenient. It has a sandbox for Google Play Services, which IMO is the best of both worlds as it means you can install all the proprietary crapware apps that make modern…
FWIW, I've used the Web USB installer probably a dozen times without issue, so I would definitely recommend that route if adb is intimidating. I've done it both ways, but the web installer is so easy it feels magical. As for it not working, were you running a Flatpak/Snap version of the browser? Apparently those are problematic with Web USB. I personally haven't tried on Linux yet (just Mac O's) but now that I've swi…
Yes I think it might have been a snap.
Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#49Hope somebody using Graphene OS could answer: 1. Is it very challenging to install Graphene OS? Need special cables and to know a lot about jailbreaking Android devices, or will I be fine just following instructions? 2. Is it very inconvenient to use as a daily driver? How often phone just crashes and requires a few days of debugging? Will my bank app work on it?
1. No, it was very easy. I used a normal USB cable and adb on the Linux command line, but the recommended method involves using Web USB in Chromium which is meant to be easier for non-technical people but I couldn't get it to work. 2. No, it is very convenient. It has a sandbox for Google Play Services, which IMO is the best of both worlds as it means you can install all the proprietary crapware apps that make modern…
Do things such as Gcam and Google Pay work?
The two major things I need from my phone is good camera quality and being able to use Google Pay which is useful where I'm at.
Re: GrapheneOS finds Bluetooth memory corruption via ARM MTE
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
1. No, it was very easy. I used a normal USB cable and adb on the Linux command line, but the recommended method involves using Web USB in Chromium which is meant to be easier for non-technical people but I couldn't get it to work. 2. No, it is very convenient. It has a sandbox for Google Play Services, which IMO is the best of both worlds as it means you can install all the proprietary crapware apps that make modern…
Do things such as Gcam and Google Pay work? The two major things I need from my phone is good camera quality and being able to use Google Pay which is useful where I'm at.
I don't know what Gcam is, but it comes with a camera app.
I've never used Google Pay so I don't know.