CopperheadOS

CopperheadOS
Screenshot of CopperheadOS on a Nexus 5X
Developer Copperhead Limited
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Mix of open source and source-available[1]
Marketing target Security / privacy-focused smartphones
Update method Over-the-air (OTA) or sideloaded update packages
Package manager F-Droid or APK
Official website www.copperhead.co/android

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 and 50% stakeholder, announced publicly that he had been cut off from his employer,[7] with an order to turn over access to the subreddit and his Twitter account. On his Twitter, he mentioned that his employer was attempting to seize his personal GPG key, which was also used to secure key parts of the Copperhead Project.[8]

List of supported devices

The following is a list of devices that are supported by CopperheadOS:[9]

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.
  7. ↑ "Goodbye [r/CopperheadOS]". reddit.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Micayon on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Device Comparison | Documentation | CopperheadOS". Copperhead Limited. Retrieved 2017-06-19.


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