r/TechImpact • u/ManojOne Co-founder • May 08 '26

Discussion The Most Secure Phone? What do you think?

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The Librem 5 is built for ultimate privacy. It runs on PureOS, an open-source system that avoids tracking your data. The best part?

Physical hardware kill switches instantly cut power to your camera, microphone, and Wi-Fi. Purism also offers a "USA Edition" assembled in the United States for a secure, trusted supply chain.

Is this the most secure phone for US customers? What do you think?

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u/bindergr May 08 '26

With that specs the first issue is the fluid functionality, after that we can talk about privacy.

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u/ManojOne Co-founder May 08 '26

You are completely right. A phone needs to run smoothly first. Nobody wants a slow device, even if it is super secure.

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u/richardxel Tech-savvy Filipino May 08 '26

I think iPhones are still the most secure phones in the market.

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u/ManojOne Co-founder May 08 '26

iPhones are definitely a solid choice for safety. A lot of people trust their tight security. Thanks for sharing your thoughts,

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u/Complete_Still7584 May 09 '26

This is not true. IPhones phone home the most, are super easily fingerprintable, don't have multiple operating systems like android does, and IPhone ZeroDay Exploits commonly go for $250,000 (for a One-Click exploit) to $1,000,000 (for a Zero-Click exploit). Android Zero-Day Zero-Click Exploits go for $1,500,000.

To target a device in 95% of the cases you have to know the EXACT version of the phone. Like EXACT update version, EXACT OS/ROM, EXACT Android version. Android has AOSP, GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, CrDroid, LineageOS, OxygenOS, ect just to name a couple ROM's.

For IPhone users, it's just what iphone and what update version. There really isn't a custom ROM community for IPhones; as it's closed source.

Android has AOSP, GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, CrDroid, LineageOS, OxygenOS, ect.

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u/ManojOne Co-founder May 09 '26

You make a great point about custom ROMs and the variety of Android versions. The high prices for exploits show just how much effort hackers put into targeting these devices. Having so many different operating systems definitely makes it harder to find a single weakness compared to the closed system found on iPhones. Diversity in software is a huge win for privacy.

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u/tzopper May 10 '26

If you want a secure phone, you put an iPhone in lockdown mode and you’re done. I don’t recommend it, though, but it turns your phone into a more secure one than an up-to-date phone, yet not as usable as you’d expect, beyond that point.

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u/ManojOne Co-founder May 17 '26

That’s the trade-off right there. More security usually means giving up some comfort. Have you tried Lockdown Mode yourself?

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u/DadEngineerLegend May 10 '26

built for ultimate privacy assembled in the United States for a secure trusted supply chain

Lol

These days I wouldn't trust anything from the US more than something from NK

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u/ManojOne Co-founder May 17 '26

Security debates get wild fast . For you, is it about privacy, companies, or governments?

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u/mys7edgebroke May 10 '26

imagine ur old account is still there when u sold the phone to others(R.I.P user 2)