Privacytools.io: Why isn't iOS listed?

[ArmeF97]

Can I ask you why iOS isn't listed as a secure operative system, privacy-like?

[ghost]

How is it a secure operative system, privacy-like?

[ArmeF97]

I didn't say it is, I just ask you why it is not

[ghost]

Well, exactly, because it isn't an open-source secure/private operating system. Even if it met all the other criteria, it can't be added simply due to the fact that it isn't open-source.

[ArmeF97]

Ok, thanks a lot! :smile:
Just to ask, is Lineage OS full open-source? Aren't drivers closed source sometimes?

[ghost]

A LineageOS ROM provides all those system layers, from the kernel to pre-installed applications. And this is built from, mostly, open source software. Not entirely open source software, because most low-level device drivers are made by hardware makers and released as proprietary software, without sources.

This is the limit of LineageOS as an open source operating system: it will hardly ship with 100% open source low level drivers. There are some initiatives in that direction though, in particular the Replicant projectplans to release a fully free Android distribution that will run on several devices .

If you think LineageOS should be removed, create an issue for that, instead of asking why we're not listing a proprietary OS.

[ArmeF97]

Thanks!

[beerisgood]

Ok, thanks a lot! 😄
Just to ask, is Lineage OS full open-source? Aren't drivers closed source sometimes?

No current mobile phone OS is fully OpenSource. Wait for https://puri.sm