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Andromxda
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Comment #49070794
You can also use a privacy screen protector. Or use the two factor fingerprint unlock, which requires both a fingerprint and a PIN to unlock. And that's only after first unlock, so…
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Comment #49032830
And fully disable the USB port (GrapheneOS-exclusive feature). This will make it impossible to extract data with mobile forensics software/devices (such as the Cellebrite UFED).
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Comment #49032813
GrapheneOS already has an auto-reboot feature that can be set to time intervals ranging from 10 minutes to 72 hours. Rebooting puts the device back in before first unlock (BFU) sta…
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Comment #48700165
https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116016068519170752
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Comment #48697517
This makes no sense. GrapheneOS is open source, while SailfishOS isn't. On top of that, GrapheneOS is much more secure.
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Comment #48697481
> It's still more open than AOSP Uh, no? How are you getting this idea? This is the manifest file for GrapheneOS: https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_manifest/blob/17/defa... It…
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Comment #48697421
Straight up conspiracy theories you're spreading here. Daniel Micay is Canadian, Dmytro Mukhomor is Ukrainian (he was literally conscripted into the Ukrainian army last year), and …
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Comment #48697392
1) No one is saying that. As another commenter mentioned, Android is open source. 2) The point still stands, desktop operating systems like Windows and desktop Linux distributions …
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Comment #47952840
They're partnering with Motorola to build devices with official GrapheneOS support. https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116159602850585685
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Comment #47952826
It's open source [1], and they're pretty transparent about everything. You can ask the devs anything, and they will probably give you a really useful and informative answer. They h…
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Comment #47952616
If you want an outdated, insecure, and extremely overpriced phone, sure, go ahead. It's literally 2018 hardware being sold for 800 bucks. 3 GB of RAM? Seriously? The iPhone XS, als…
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Comment #47952511
That's perhaps because typical consumers don't build their own operating systems?
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Comment #47952469
They're insecure [1] and far from usable. [1] https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/linux-phones.html
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Comment #47268198
Of course the topic as a whole is much more complex than that, but I'll try to summarize it. Android has 3 systems of access control [1][2]: - Discretionary Access Control, i.e. th…
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Comment #47258341
No, this is incorrect. The GrapheneOS NetworkLocation client ( https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_Network... ) is using Apple's request format and performing the …
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Comment #47253384
Rooting is a very bad idea. https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/android.html#rootin... But GrapheneOS is fully open source and provides great build instructions, so you can al…
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Comment #47253138
and CAN'T link the location information to any other data
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Comment #47229209
Definitely wouldn't be unheard of in the Fintech industry. But I don't know, because I don't use the service. My bank thankfully offers their own implementation of NFC payments wit…
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Comment #47229169
> you can inspect the code it's running That's only true for microG itself, not the Google blobs it needs to download and execute in order to function. GmsCompat on GrapheneOS is a…
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Comment #47224083
GrapheneOS doesn't support face unlocking right now, but they have a useful two-factor unlock option that requires both a PIN, and biometrics (currently a fingerprint on Pixel devi…
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Comment #47224032
> Graphene IIRC keeps a compatibility list somewhere. This is the community-maintained banking app compatibility list: https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa.…
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Comment #47222994
> Curve Pay refused to give me an account on my Murena FP6 That's probably because /e/OS uses microG, which is vastly inferior to Sandboxed Google Play on GrapheneOS, and has much …
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Comment #47218788
> Are you sure about this? It was my understanding that NFC passes for gyms and stuff worked This is only true for Google Wallet. It can be used as a normal wallet app for stuff li…
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Comment #47061810
Starling Bank has been officially supporting GrapheneOS using Android's hardware attestation API (not the Play Integrity API) since 2024.
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Comment #47061804
Starling Bank has been officially supporting GrapheneOS using Android's hardware attestation API (not the Play Integrity API) since 2024.