Lets say that Intergrity is the state of being whole, entire and implied trustworthy.
Our Advertising agency masters devise a test and a score from 0, 1, 2, 3.
The device with a score 3 can be trusted by app developers and Google clients to fully harvest the behaviour and data of the consumers using the device.
The device I use with a community release has a score of zero (not Basic); Google cannot tell their clients that they can reliably harvest my data.
A device with score 1, Basic, will have a locked bootloader and appear to be connected to a named Google account. This device is said by Google to have a higher integrity.
Pixel 8 shiba is available with official release and a lockable bootloader.
- Device Selector | /e/OS documentation predicts it will meet Basic integrity as long as some Google account is connected.
Pixel 9a tegu has a community release, the bootloader cannot be locked.
- Stated “basic (to be confirmed)”
- My own view this would not meet Basic integrity today but this “integrity” is a moving target, no certainty.