alt Hacker NewsOn my Linux laptop, I use bubblewrap sandboxes with their own encrypted filesystems and granular permissions for each of my projects. Very easy and secure with NixOS, surely better than what I could do with an Android device.
On my Linux laptop, I use bubblewrap sandboxes with their own encrypted filesystems and granular permissions for each of my projects. Very easy and secure with NixOS, surely better than what I could do with an Android device.
No, it doesn't come anywhere close to the privacy or security provided by AOSP.
You could be dividing up your projects into highly sandboxed environments on Android too. It has support for running multiple hardware accelerated virtual machines running desktop Linux and it wouldn't be that hard to support creating those with NixOS and other distributions instead of only the standard the Debian images provided by Android. That will happen as it gets more mature.
See the explanation at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49364220 for why desktop Linux is nowhere close to AOSP for privacy and security. If you want more details, there's a lot of deeper coverage.