US Fairphone OS Devas hit back against graphinos security claims

Fairphone General 6 Google-free /E /OS will be launched in US next month using the platform. However, the developers created something behind the privacy-focused graphinos Android fork About claims about this platformBehind the team /E /OS has now published a blog post addressing these claims.

Murina, behind the company /E /OS, published A blog post Saying that it took security issues seriously. However, it also criticized graphinos developers, which is called a “misleading claim” to make it.

The team confirmed that it targeted “standard industry practices” for timely security updates:

Therefore, for the release given on the month N, our current function is to integrate Android security patch from month N-1. As a result, in the worst condition, it will take up to nine weeks to roll the latest available security updates. In most cases, this will be very early.

The team also explained that it creates an exception to zero-day exploits and tries to “as soon as possible” these patches. It also posted a table that shows how prominent Android smartphone The makers compare in terms of updated legs. This suggests that /E /OS corresponds to some major OEMs as far as specific patches go. You can see this screenshot below.

Murina also claimed that this webwy lagged behind the browser update for issues. The company said that it has released two zero-day webview fixes and June security patch levels with recently released /E /OS 3.0.4 update. What is worth it, these two zero-day exploits were revealed in early June and late June respectively.

However what is next for Murina? Well, the company confirmed that it must be doing something:

Murna is taking security issues seriously, and our policy about the integration of security patch in /E /OS is very compared or better in some cases in many cases in the smartphone industry.

However, as part of our ongoing efforts to continuously improve, we have decided to reduce the integration time of monthly security updates in /E /OS. So we will progressively update our build infrastructure so that they allow the roll-out of the latest security updates after the days after the release.

Murina will continue to deploy Tatkal /E /OS Build for 0-day security reforms

The company also disputed several other claims by the Graffinos team. For one, it was said that /E /OS did not hide the right patch level, but exposes these areas “exactly the same Stock Android“Graffinos developers argued that Fairphone General 6 lacks a safe element, which has made” trivial “to force a PIN code or basic password for bad actors.

Murina also confirmed that she uses the open-source microge framework to hook into some Google services (such as push notifications), but it says that users can swap Google’s notification service for unified platforms. It is worth noting that Microg is a long -established, popular option for Google Play services that allow people to use Google Apps and Services. This structure is particularly useful on equipment for Custom Rome and Huawei phones, which usually lack Google services. So this is a sensible inclusion if you want to use some Google app on an otherwise Deagugal platform.

There is clearly some space for Murina and Fairphones to improve their safety practices. However, not every Android Fork has uniform security and privacy priorities. Thankfully, the beauty of Android ecosystem means that you can switch to a separate Android skin, Android Fork, or Custom Rome if you have specific requirements. In any event, you can read Full blog post /E /OS for more widespread response.