You know that Moto G is like a first-class supported phone on lineage, right? It seems like every one of their newest models is on lineage.

I'm not sure where you got the idea that a TPM chip is used for DRM, because that is not their function. It's a hardware encryption chip used to generate Cryptographically secure keys.

DRM Enforcement works with or without these hardware chips being installed on your phone.

You want something like the TPM chip because it makes your phone very difficult to break into when you do things like encrypt the entire drive. HSMs Are far more effective at securing your phone than the standard baseline security that you get from a CPU. This isn't an opinion. This is a well-researched fact.

You also are, I think, maybe conflating technological vulnerabilities? Also, you said phones call back to Big Brother intentionally. What you're talking about are vulnerabilities that can be exploited that are not intentional features of the chip. Intel is kind of famous for their insecurity. There was a big fucking vulnerability their CPUs had due to a hardware bug like a decade ago that AMD managed to get by because they don't use the same architecture. Now I do get what you're coming at that these vulnerabilities probably exist on every model of phone, but it's best to go for a phone os that's actively trying to close all of these vulnerabilities rather than one that says they "exist on all phones, I don't care".

I disagree with your assessment that the government wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot by giving people a technology that would allow them to hide shit from the government. They have, and they do constantly. I mean, the US is kind of famous for having more firearms per capita than people. Also somebody has clearly never heard of the legend of TrueCrypt. There's a reason the original developers ended up fucking off somewhere to obscurity, and the project is now VeraCrypt.

Also, the government does want corporations to be able to protect their private information from foreign entities. That seems like it would be prudent for the US to be able to do. You know what I mean? They don't want China all up in their business. In fact, it's a big concern from the business perspective. So having something like a TPM chip on every laptop to encrypt all of your data is a good thing. And typically, that's what the US wants. They just want a software backdoor To get at the data they want. They also have so much monitoring that it's almost a moot point.

As far as graphene users go, it's secure enough that Various governments consider graphene phones a dead end when they collect them And I'm pretty sure the US has never been able to crack one As far as we are aware and we would definitely be aware because they would be stupid enough to sing it from the fucking mountaintops with this administration.

I understand you're skeptical, but there is a reason that Graphene is preferred by the security community. There is no competition for security. They are the best hands down. When you have various Western governments admitting that they can't get into these phones, that's as Good as a recommendation you can get. Notice how they aren't bothered about Apple phones and Google phones. The governments hate graphene phones and are making it harder to get a hold of them.