So you really trust Google to release code that doesn't do something it shouldn't behind your back do you? How cute...

I am an embedded developer so please don't patronize me. And I know enough about security to know that Google's security model on the Pixel phones is the best yet. That's not the issue. The issues are:

• Google's code is untrustworthy unless reviewed, and proprietary binary blobs can't be reviewed. If Google codes anything, they have an ulterior motive and it's rarely in your best interest. If that's not a security shortcoming, I don't know what is. Or said another way, there's something deeply ironic in claiming to have the most secured deGoogled OS and the lynchpin of that security is Google itself.

• Yes, using a phone other than a Pixel phone with a deGoogled OS other than GrapheneOS as I do (I use a FP4 with CalyxOS) is less secure than GrapheneOS on a Pixel phone - assuming you trust Google's drivers aren't doing other things unrelated to their driver function.

  But as I said, my most important goal in anything technical I use is to not use Google. That's my ideal. Some people have ideals and aren't willing to compromise.

  With that in mind, and considering that I'm a low-value target, I deem the security provided by CalyxOS on my FP4 more than adequate for my use case. Or said another way, GrapheneOS' - short-sighted, in my opinion - obsession with security gets in the way of my main goal, which is to avoid Google.