They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies

https://www.wired.com/story/they-built-privacy-tool-grapheneos-now-sworn-enemies/

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ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 113d

Daniel McKay started CopperheadOS and then moved to GrapheneOS when the deadbeats he partnered with screwed him over. He is the sole founder of both, and the other asshat has been grifting around ever since.

This is like Musk saying he was a Tesla founder. Utter bullshit except for some agreements that rewrite the true history of the company because he paid to be called a founder after the fact.

Pman@lemmy.org · 5 pts · 113d (2 replies)

Is there a non paywalled version of this article?

calamityjanitor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 113d (1 reply)
Pman@lemmy.org · 4 pts · 113d

Thank you kind Sir, I wish people would put these links in to begin with.

jet@hackertalks.com · 4 pts · 113d
MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 113d (2 replies)

TL; DR - Its an interesting but very subjective history.

Bottom line, use Graphene OS. It's run by people hyperfixated with privacy and security. The end.

winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 113d (1 reply)

Waiting for the Motorola collaboration to get a new phone if they have headphones jacks. 🤞

MrSulu@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 113d

Oh yes, me too. Quite excited to try it. Hopefully, a variant with microSD card as that's the only reason I've not gone with a Pixel.

qualia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 113d (1 reply)

Who's the fighter other than GrapheneOS?

NightFantom@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 113d

According to the short excerpt it's two of the founders fighting