CopperheadOS

CopperheadOS is a source-available operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. It adds privacy and security features to the official releases of the Android Open Source Project by Google,[2][3][4] with the goal of upstreaming these back into Android, Linux and OpenBSD.[5]

History

In August 2016, CopperheadOS announced future versions of the operating system, based on Android Nougat 7.x, would be released under a no-commercial-usage license until more funding could be acquired.[6]

In March 2017, support for Pixel and Pixel XL devices was launched with an offer to buy these devices with CopperheadOS preinstalled.

On June 11th, 2018, Daniel Micay, the main developer of CopperheadOS, then-Chief Technology Officer and 50% stakeholder in a company, announced publicly that he had been cut off from the company in an e-mail sent to him by James Donaldson[7][8] with an order to turn over access to the subreddit and Micay's Twitter account. Mr. Donaldson, representing the company, let Micay know that Micay would receive pay if he signed an employment agreement. On his Twitter, Micay wrote that Mr. Donaldson was attempting to seize Micay's personal GPG key which was also used to secure key parts of the Copperhead Project.[9][10] Micay reportedly deleted those signing keys which were required to release updates to CopperheadOS.[11]

List of supported devices

The following is a list of devices that are supported by CopperheadOS:[12]

In the past, the following devices were supported:

  • Nexus 5 - dropped after October 2016 end-of-life
  • Nexus 9 - dropped after October 2017 end-of-life
  • Galaxy S4 - dropped after migrating to being directly based on the Android Open Source Project

See also

References

  1. ^ "CopperheadOS Downloads". Retrieved 10 Oct 2018.
  2. ^ Porup, J.M. (August 9, 2016). "Copperhead OS: The startup that wants to solve Android's woeful security". arstechnica.co.uk. Ars Technica UK.
  3. ^ Corbet, Jonathan (February 17, 2016). "CopperheadOS: Securing the Android". lwn.net.
  4. ^ Linder, Brad (March 29, 2016). "F-Droid, Copperhead, Guardian Project partner to create a security-focused, Android-based ecosystem". liliputing.com.
  5. ^ "CopperheadOS Technical Overview". Retrieved 10 Oct 2018.
  6. ^ "CopperheadOS on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 16 September 2016.[self-published source]
  7. ^ "Goodbye [r/CopperheadOS]". reddit.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. ^ Linder, Brad (2018-06-11). "Future of CopperheadOS looks murky (security-hardened Android)". Liliputing. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  9. ^ Micay, Daniel. "James has even threatened to seize control of my personal GPG key that I created in 2009/2010 when I started packaging for the official Arch Linux repositories. I donʼt have an understanding of why he is taking these actions. Itʼs completely illogical and extremely destructive". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  10. ^ nitrohorse ("4 months ago" as of 2018-11-06). "CopperheadOS has imploded". Y Combinator. Retrieved 2018-11-06. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ Golightly, Daniel (2018-06-12). "CopperheadOS May Be Shutting Down Amidst Internal Turmoil". Android Headlines. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  12. ^ "Device Comparison | Documentation | CopperheadOS". Copperhead Limited. Retrieved 2017-06-19.[self-published source]

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