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		pjmlp on June 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GrapheneOS – A privacy and security-focused mobile... Large majority of Android security exploits are in C and C++ written drivers, hence why with each release the amount of freedom with native code gets further locked down. Android Q has another round of such measures. https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/05/queue-hard...

mpol on June 10, 2019 [–]

Those may be security exploits, but the real malware is what gets installed through Google Play.

maroonedanchor on June 10, 2019 | | [–]

Hence a Play Store free alternative like GrapheneOS.

pjmlp on June 10, 2019 | | [–]

Nothing can be done to prevent stupid users to install everything that shines.

Even HNers do curl | sh without thinking twice about it.

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