Meanwhile: Aurora OS leaked
Aurora OS (Russian: ОС Аврора) or Russian Open mobile platform (OMP) is a Russian Linux-based smartphone operating system developed by Rostelecom for business and governmental use
On June 11, 2024, the X user hackerfantastic leaked copies of Aurora OS v. 3.2.1.65, 4.0.2.82 and 4.0.2.249 that were "coming from a phablet left on the back of a bus in Salisbury, England". In the same post he also revealed a vulnerability in the password manager
https://twitter.com/hackerfantastic/status/1800570095619784865
Aurora OS was branched from Sailfish OS in 2019 - In 2018, the Russian state applied for a secure mobile phone operating system for official use and Sailfish Mobile OS RUS was chosen and Rostelecom developed it further. In 2019, the platform was renamed Aurora OS
In November 2021, according to Nokiamob.net, there were around 400,000 devices using it.
Nobody knew how the devices worked, conveniently the owner also left a briefcase with design notes, architecture, documentation, implementation, marketing material and internal Zoom demos about "trusted" devices too!
Rostelecom on August 31, 2021 announced that it had integrated devices based on the Aurora mobile operating system (OS) into the O2O infrastructure operator for operators project
https://tadviser.com/index.php/Project:Rostelecom_(Purchase_of_smartphones_on_Sailfish_Mobile_OS)
Back I'm 2019 Huawei toyed with replacing Android on its phones, and it waa talking to Russia about making some devices with its Aurora OS.
Switching Russians to a domestic mobile OS ‘Aurora’, will cost 480 billion roubles
Rostelecom owns this project which is forecasted to be accomplished by 2030.
@ecksmc is Sailfish RUS a completely separate fork from main Sailfish? I’m tempted to grab one of the Linux phones out there and Sailfish looks like it’s one of the more frequently updated builds.
@Smersh yeah
Sailfish OS licenses out just like Android itself and others OSes
Russia used Sailfish OS then rebranded it Aurora OS - as far as I'm aware Sailfish OS is still safe to use
However, Aurora OS 5.0 was revealed at Mobius Fall 2023 Conference on November 1, 2023 in Moscow
The leak is for older versions and could only be on a smaller percentage of devices