Liber
October 22, 2021, 2:21pm
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Dear Community,
recently it was confirmed that /e/ would be ported to the Fairphone 4 here:
Now that FP4 is out /e/ is definitely planning on adding the phone to our list of supported devices.
We have initiated the process to get devices across to our porting team. The porting activity usually takes about 2-3 months. We expect to onboard the FP4 on our list of supported device by end of this year.
It was confirmed by the Fairphone Support that the Fairphone 4 will support custom keys for verified boot/secure boot. Source:
https://forum.fairphone.com/t/psa-the-fairphone-4-does-support-verified-boot-secure-boot-with-a-custom-key/77547
I would like to know whether /e/ takes the security and privacy of their users seriously and will implement a custom key for verified boot/secure boot?
Will it be installed, or shall we have to install it ourselves. From a ordinary people user…
Easy
On the so called Murena phones it will be pre-installed. otherwise not and you have to do it for your own.
What exactly is this custom key?
aibd
January 1, 2022, 9:28am
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hmm … the OP link seems to be broken! I think it actually pointed to this topic:
Dear community I‘m very security conscious and it‘s important to me that I could trust my phone even after another person had physical access to it. So I‘d like to know whether the new FP4 has active secure boot or verified boot or whatever the...
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Careful searching of links from the “Solution” will explain Custom key in context!
Thank you for this explanation aibd