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LineageOS now officially supports the Pixel 9 series (9to5google.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Iirc it’s also a prerequisite for full-disk encryption on modern android.

How modern? It's still working on Evolution X with Android 14 (although maybe it needs custom rom support).

It would be a bit less secure since the bootloader itself could be compromised, however (but I wouldn't be concerned about random thieves/snooping in this case).

[–] CrazyLikeGollum 4 points 6 days ago

https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/encryption/file-based

I did not remember correctly, kind of. From AOSP, Android 7 and later use file-based encryption (FBE) rather then full-disk encryption (FDE). FBE is dependant on verified boot, which itself requires a locked bootloader.

Custom ROMs may have back ported FDE, modified FBE, or implemented their own encryption.