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- Google has announced a Pixel Binary Transparency feature.
- This will let users manually verify their Pixel firmware to ensure it isn’t hacked.
- The feature joins Android Verified Boot in fighting against supply chain attacks.
Google already offers an under-the-hood Android Verified Boot feature to check that your firmware comes from a trusted source. Now, the company has announced a way for users themselves to check that they’re running a trusted version of Android on their Pixels.
Google says the so-called Pixel Binary Transparency feature is a response to software supply chain attacks. These attacks see software being compromised before the device gets to users.