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Comment #45203892
Google is usually pretty quick to upload source code to AOSP after release on Pixel. Android 16 has been highly unusual though, with the only source code release done 3 months ago …
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Comment #43598307
I remember fondly reading that (and about his work in general), which is why when I saw the video thumbnail I immediately had a feeling "wait no it can't be". Thanks for the link!
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Comment #41892781
How can they do that with HTTPS though? HTTP sure they can happily MITM and redirect, but with HTTPS you need a valid cert.
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Comment #40805744
The 24h timeline sounds very tight. I wonder how much they'll be able to stick to it.
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Comment #40805737
Full title: ‘Everything LTS’ – Canonical will build distroless Docker images to customer spec that include upstream components not packaged in Ubuntu, and fix critical CVEs within …
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Comment #40670755
It's a fork of the chromium update engine. https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/update_engi... Many Android specific changes though.
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Comment #30930931
Geez, it's one message, there was more after it, when no mods were around. I can't speak on behalf of Nick of course. I woke up, saw it, and banned those people. We don't allow peo…
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Comment #30930608
> If we're speaking of FAKE_SIGNATURE.... No it doesn't? If implemented properly We've always heavily restricted as well. https://calyxos.org/docs/tech/microg-details/ > Really, pl…
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Comment #30930590
Unfortunately that is currently not supported since Android Auto is a proprietary app and needs system / OS level privileges to actually work.
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Comment #30930572
Sigh, always. The users have been banned, it's just that no mods were around at that time. We strictly don't allow any GrapheneOS talk at all on our channels due to this drama. I d…
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Comment #30777378
That makes sense, the apps are downloaded from mirrors and it automatically falls back to another if one isn't reachable
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Comment #30777078
Status page: https://fdroid.checklyhq.com/ Cloudflare mirror(s) are sort of up * https://pages.fdroidgoes.live/ should be responsive * https://cloudflare.f-droid.org/ shows a wayba…
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Comment #30203762
Some compression stats from my local setup. I work with a lot of source code (Android / AOSP), and big output directories (hundreds of gigabytes) ZFS compressratio: source: 1.40x (…
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Comment #28099992
I'm really tired of this. > GrapheneOS does not include any form of Play services and has no support for the OS using it. If a user installs Play services, the OS detects it and in…
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Comment #28099870
> CalyxOS has a leaky firewall which apps can bypass and a leaky VPN tethering implementation. We're working on fixing the one bypass. I don't know what you mean by leaky VPN tethe…
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Comment #28099838
I specifically avoided commenting on the comparison threads solely to not have to see this. You will not find me doing that anywhere, anytime (unless perhaps when we were on good t…
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Comment #28099826
> Does Calyx really include WhatsApp out of the box? That would indeed be a very negative point for me. As I mentioned I haven't used either. We do not, we would never ship a propr…
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Comment #28099811
> They present it as a firewall app with a fancy name, but it's just a UI for the AOSP firewall and it doesn't really work as they present it. There is no AOSP Firewall, this is al…