GrapheneOS is based on projects heavily using AI including the Linux kernel. Cellebrite, NSO and other exploit developers are using it to exploit these projects. They currently have a major advantage thanks to AI which will likely be turned into a major disadvantage over the long term. It's getting a huge backlog of bugs fixed and creating enormous pressure to make systemic improvements.
Here's what Debian adopted, which is a similar idea but much more permissive:
https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texte
GrapheneOS
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2026-09-08 20:19:59 UTC
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