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Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by grapheneos on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:24PM (#50383253)
The linked post is the product announcement for the Motorola Signature 27. It's promoting a smartphone, not GrapheneOS. Our partnership with Motorola Mobility was publicly announced in March 2026 and this is the first device meeting our security requirements and providing official support for it. It shouldn't be a surprise that there's an announcement about the first device with support for it following the announcement of a partnership. There's nothing strange about it.

Richard Medhurst isn't in any way part of the GrapheneOS project and hasn't ever worked with us. GrapheneOS has over 500k users and he's only one person who asked questions about it on Matrix and made several positive posts about it. Claiming GrapheneOS must be a honeypot because a person who said they use it stopped posting on X is utter nonsense. What's strange is a freshly created account making such ridiculous unsubstantiated claims to try to push people away from using or supporting it.

Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by 123abv on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:05PM (#50383758)
Typical GrapheneOS repsonse. You don't care about your users and resort to "fresh account" bullshit.

It could also be the hardware. Google Pixel has been used before in a sting operation.

Dismissing these concerns when people rely on your product for their safety is just vile.

Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by grapheneos on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:24PM (#50383992)
You started out by claiming a person who said they use it not posting on X for several months somehow indicates it's a honeypot. He wasn't targeted for using GrapheneOS and his legal issues aren't because of it. He asked a question about GrapheneOS on August 31st so he also didn't disappear since August 24 as you claimed.

You're claiming a government sting operation selling phones with a phony privacy OS and messaging service with backdoors somehow reflects negative on our choice of hardware.

Both of these claims are completely unsubstantiated and illogical. It's a clear attempt to create fear and doubt about GrapheneOS. Most threads about GrapheneOS are heavily targeted in this way.

Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by ahg-9876 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:31PM (#50384077)
Stop constantly twisting everyone's words. Medhurst has disappeared completely, not just "stopped posting on X".

You are a typical developer with hubris about their own product. I would not trust a "hello world" from you.

Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by phasephantasm on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:29PM (#50385406)
Your claim was directly challenged, second green account in a row. Also, make less LLM-like insults, these are against HN rules.
Re:Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS support by grapheneos on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:43PM (#50387097)
How do you even draw the connection between this person not posting on social media since August 23rd and that somehow being a problem with GrapheneOS? What could that possibly have to do with GrapheneOS>

Pixel 11 was released in August and he asked about it on Matrix on August 31st. Therefore, he didn't disappear after August 23rd. We replied on September 1st and can now see his client sent read receipts afterwards.