Post #2811005
2025-11-25 22:13 UTC
@issotm@social.treehouse.systems @watchfulcitizen@goingdark.social GrapheneOS is based on Android 16 QPR1 with a massive set of substantial privacy and security improvements beyond the standard ones. All of the standard privacy and security protections of current Android are intact. GrapheneOS not only keeps up with the standard patch schedule but has the December 2025, January 2026, February 2026 and March 2026 patches shipped in our security preview releases with the still embargoed patches which are allowed to be shipped early.
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@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social 2025-11-25 22:14
@issotm@social.treehouse.systems @watchfulcitizen@goingdark.social You're conflating GrapheneOS with operating systems which are still based on Android 13, 14 and 15 with only a subset of patches assigned High/Critical severity backported to those by Google. Those OSes typically provide the subset of backported patches 1-2 months after the official date, but yet they can actually be shipped 3-4 months before their official date such as us having the current March 2026 patches already. Those OSes heavily roll back security features too.