We have a multi billion dollar machine built by developers with the goal of doing good things and profiting by them.
>Cell phone privacy
Sure we make a cell phone and we make a cell phone OS but its best to look the other way and never trust your privacy to a device that society has decided should follow you 24/7.
Sorry for the flippant comment - I wasn't just referring to the code and apps running on your phone, but the servers and cell towers that collect tons of details about you. Plus, the physical emanations as your phone connects and responds to signals from 4g, 5g, wifi, bluetooth and more.
A secure OS is cute but so what - there's a million other ways to p0wn your privacy.
On the plus side, the digital trail is so intense, citizens have a pretty robust alibi against being framed. For example, sure someone could borrow your phone, but they'd have a real hard time using it exactly the way you do, from accelerometer data to swipes to individual apps and and and...
Yes. The entire system is flawed end to end. No one decrypts anything anymore, they just ask the government for access to your hardware that has already decrypted the message.
If google was a small garage startup I would agree that they would have nothing they could do. But they aren't. They are massive. And this is their field. and this is their mission.
>Cell phone privacy
Sure we make a cell phone and we make a cell phone OS but its best to look the other way and never trust your privacy to a device that society has decided should follow you 24/7.