Unplugged has open-sourced their kernel and antivirus - Unplugged Phone

Hi there @THUnplugged, thanks for taking the time to comment. I have a few questions that I’d really appreciate if you could answer them based on the way they’re listed.

1.) People are calling the phone/company a “scam.” Why do you believe this to be the case?

2.) I see the company has opened up the Unplugged phone to security audits. Will we ever get public security audits by Cure53 or by any of the best security research companies? 1Password is great at keeping up with security audits, so I will use them as an example:[Security audits of 1Password | 1Password Support]

3.) How does the team at Unplugged see the company in ten years (like new devices, developments, etc.)?

4.) What is the hardening that you claimed “privacy hardening” in technical terms and also what does that mean in layman’s terms? Please be detailed, not just a normal support answer.

5.) People have concerns about the company violating the GPLv3 license. Especially in the phone’s antivirus, was this a mistake or intentional?

6.) How does the company perceive GrapheneOS? As in, how does the company view it as a privacy-focused operating system?

7.) How did the partnership with Brave come about? Will there be future partnerships?

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