alt Hacker NewsLol, no, according to graphene, an aux jack is a security problem. So is a microsd. But the hole punch with the camera pointed at your face, that's just fine.
When my current phone dies, I'm basically returning to a dumb phone with a removable battery. Now that Xperia dropped open source, every phone out there is terrible and I just don't want any of them. Anything that would support a ROM has features to make my skin crawl.
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It sounds bizarre to me that an analog aux port is a security problem and that bluetooth audio is not, or that the phone's built in microphone is not. I never want to use bluetooth and tbh I've sometimes wanted a phone with no microphone, so that if I wanted to make a phone call I'd have to plug in my wired headset. That gets rid of the microphone as a listening device.
why do you say "according to graphene?" have they said those things? or do you just mean the currently supported devices don't have these
It's a shame that modern banking (and communication with my family) needs a smartphone.
> When my current phone dies, I'm basically returning to a dumb phone with a removable battery.
Why not a smartphone with the jack, microsd, and a hardware kill switch for camera?
Their hardware requirements do not say this, where'd you get that idea? Graphene has stated they'll work with the Motorola team on supporting their devices, starting with the successors of the Razr foldable and the signature line, but there really hasn't been any talk about how additional peripherals like aux would be a no-go. USB is also a security concern, which is why they give you the option to disable it outright, disable data or disable until after-first-unlock. I don't see what would keep them from implementing this for aux, although since it's unidirectional I'm not sure if it even makes sense to compare aux to USB. They've supported pixels with aux ports in the past, and I don't think it's inclusion would be a blocking criteria. The comment about the camera is also kinda misguided. They zero out the camera input if you disable it, unlike traditional android. You can have a camera toggle in your quick settings and keep it disabled literally all the time. Enabling it when you bring up any camera related app takes either pin or biometrics, having the hardware here really shouldn't be a concern since you can look at how the code handling it works yourself. I'm not trying to convince you to use a pixel or a Motorola phone, do what you want, but at least be informed about stuff like this when you state things as if they are facts.