You can disagree and comment with your own research and understanding, but I'll say whatever the fuck I believe to be true from my experience and understanding of the topic. You can mute me if you don't like it.

Can you pin down exactly where the spyware is in the pixels.

Please stop shilling for Google and the feds.

I moved from Lineage on Samsung to GrapheneOS on Pixel. If anyone thinks Samsung is less malignant than Google, then I have a bridge to sell you in Seoul. Nokia was caught embeding spyware back in 1997, and their defence was following orders. They are all evil, and doubtless all complying by embedding spyware in their firmware to catch the 99.99% of users who run stock. They don't have, and don't need, magic hardware trojans. If they did have them, Russia and North Korea would also be using them, and lazy Western LE wouldn't have to run elaborate stings like An0m.