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sphinxcdi

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    Comment #28559474

    GrapheneOS isn't less focused on privacy than security or than the other one. They recently made a thread addressing this: https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/1424412990074494979…

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    Comment #28299360

    https://grapheneos.org/usage#camera

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    Comment #28298323

    CalyxOS doesn't change the default connectivity checks and NTP. GrapheneOS does (NTP isn't used though [1]). [1] https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections

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    Comment #28297384

    Relocking the bootloader doesn't imply that verified boot is enabled or that that it's not broken for alternate OSes, as is the case for the devices you mentioned. https://twitter.…

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    Comment #28234115

    > It's a privacy-focused ROM that still integrates microG, so it's compatible with most apps (unlike the other popular privacy-focused ROM GrapheneOS [2] which doesn't support micr…

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    Comment #28226779

    > I have also considered the “freedom phone”. But my understand is it’s just Graphene + process isolation on a slightly modified hardware. No, it's not. You may be confusing it wit…

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    Comment #28226428

    WhatsApp works fine including its push notifications, you can download it from their website or via Aurora Store. The AOSP Camera app is not as good as Google Camera but you can in…

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    Comment #28179228

    > GrapheneOS[2] that excludes Google services altogether at the cost of lower app compatibility[3]. It now has https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services providing broade…

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    Comment #28097506

    It doesn't actually hide apps with "anti-features", you can still see them by default. The only thing it does is hide the description and install button of apps with "anti-features…

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    Comment #28097426

    You can access and download apps from Google Play Store with Aurora Store. https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore#aurora-store-a-goog... > Google is doing their level best to mak…