So I have a device running lineage os and I am a little concerned about the potential data breach if my device is stolen.

My first precaution was to setup SMS findmydevice so that I could remotely control my device in case it got lost or stolen. I’m not sure how secure this is but I wanted to have a way to remotely get its location and to wipe it remotely.

The second thing I setup was locker. F-droid says that the upstream code is no longer available which is concerning but I am using it none the less. This should prevent basic attacks on the lock screen.

Is there anything else I need to do?

  • Possibly linuxOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use lineage os on Motorola phones so I can’t lock the bootloader. (Lineage os doesn’t support it anyway)

    I never considered rebooting though. That’s not a bad idea. The only problem is that it resets the system uptime. (Uptime can be a tamper indicator)

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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      1 year ago

      There’s different threat scenarios you need to consider. Somebody taking your phone, somebody tampering with your phone but leaving it with you, somebody remotely accessing your phone.

      I thought we were just talking about the somebody taking your phone scenario. You could set up a task on your phone to check for a Bluetooth device say every 5 to 10 minutes. If it doesn’t see it turn off. Hopefully you’re comfortable with your phones powered off state being secure.