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Fairphone 5 Launch
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this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
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Did they at least use their own keys when signing the operating system this time? I like what they're doing creating a fairer supply chain and all, but the software side keeps being neglected. So much so I'm regretting my purchase of the fairphone 4 and instead wish I had gotten a phone which placed more significance to the security of the OS installed.
Would you be able give me more details of the issues faced in your previous phone?
Unfortunately I don't have the time to give a writeup. Its mostly the lack of timely security updates. Or really most updates to the OS. They lag months behind and are of poor quality.
I switched to DivestOS to mitigate this but the installation procedure carries the risk of bricking your phone, in a way other phones don't.
The most telling example of the poor quality of software security I think is that the OS is signed with publicly available test keys. This means that anyone with access to your phone could install any OS they want and you would not know it.
This is maybe not a high risk scenario for most, unless you give your phone to some dodgy repair shop, but its telling of how little thought went into it I think. Because, signing your OS with the android test keys should really not happen in a production with good QC.