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    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      28 days ago

      Linux sucks on ones especially from a security and usability perspective

      Edit: For those down voting, what OS do you use on your phone? Everything I’ve tried has left a lot to be desired.

        • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          28 days ago

          Do you have examples where that isn’t the case?

          Linux phones tend to just be the desktop versions of desktops adapted for a smaller screen.

          Android has well built ecosystem with strong privacy and security features not really found anywhere else. The entire system focuses on least privilege with strong security isolation so even if you do download something bad it will have a hard time doing real damage.

            • tired_n_bored@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              28 days ago

              That’s not the case. Android is extensively modified in order to have sandboxed applications only and restrictive hardware permissions.

              Run any executable on Linux. Likely by default it can access ~/Photos and the webcam. Android doesn’t allow that

              • troed@fedia.io
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                28 days ago

                “uses regular Linux security mechanisms” is true regardless of whether any distributions you use configure them the same way or not.

                The Android platform takes advantage of the Linux user-based protection to identify and isolate app resources.

                As part of the Android security model, Android uses Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) to enforce mandatory access control (MAC) over all processes, even processes running with root or superuser privileges (Linux capabilities).

                https://source.android.com/docs/security/features