Pixel Binary Transparency is Google’s new way to confirm the security of your phone
https://9to5google.com/2023/08/04/google-pixel-binary-transparency/
Google recently introduced a new security measure for Pixel phones called Binary Transparency to provide user-verifiable guarantees that their devices haven’t been compromised.
Public cryptographic log lets Pixel owners “mathematically prove” that their devices — Pixel 6+, Tablet, and Fold — are running official factory images that haven’t been tampered with. Google provides full instructions on how to do so, which requires a handful of tools. At a high-level, it involves “extracting the metadata from your phone and then running the inclusion and consistency proofs to compare against the log.”
Google’s blog post today details the Merkle tree responsible for the cryptographically guaranteed append-only log that can never be changed or deleted.
Check out the article for more info 🤓
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