Secure Android tablets - do they exist?

OpenSource-Ghost

I have a court-ordered 3rd party security team that is authorized to perform penetration testing of my home gadgets and they tell me that my GrapheneOS pixel phones are awesome, but my Samsung tablets SUCK, even though I fully de-Google those tablets, apply the latest update, use very strict WiFi VLAN isolation, WPA3, and install VPN apps on those tablets. Yet, the security team manages to pull all kinds of data from those tablets, from pictures to wallpapers to WiFi passwords... They don't tell me how they do it, aside from saying "We have communications engineers with hardware schematics for every electronic device in your house". Appearently, having Pixel phone schematics isn't enough to penetrate Pixel phones with GrapheneOS, but it is enouigh to pull sensitive data from Samsung tablets... I was advised by the same team to get the latest iPads if I cared about having secure tablets...

Does that mean there simply aren't any secure Android tablets out there???

dlb

OpenSource-Ghost GrapheneOS pixel phones are awesome,

So that means they were not able to get anything from the phone or did they manage to get some info?

spiral

OpenSource-Ghost
"Latest ipads"

If you're able to probe them for info on why this is, I'd be interested to hear

Graphite

OpenSource-Ghost apply the latest update, use very strict WiFi VLAN isolation, WPA3, and install VPN apps on those tablets

OpenSource-Ghost Yet, the security team manages to pull all kinds of data from those tablets, from pictures to wallpapers to WiFi passwords

So they had physical access to the tablets? Your security controls seem to be focused on data in transit, not at rest.

Kottonballs

Interested in an answer on this one. I have a Samsung Tab S6 and a Tab S6 Lite (2022 version) and I've been unable to degoogle either. I would happily buy a new tablet recommended by the community if I could have a secure de-googled tablet.

treequell

The Google Pixel Tablet is coming out this year and is likely to be supported by GrapheneOS with the same security features as on the smartphone devices.

nosferatu

Not implying anything, but if I were the enemy building a perfect surveillance state, and a thing like GrapheneOS comes along throwing wrench in my plans to have tabs on every serf, then I'd plant my forum spies in the GOS discussion board with a goal make posts which appear to promote GOS, but subtly insert hints of Apple products, the most comprehensive spy network in existence, being a safer alternative to GOS.