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I am currently using 4 banking apps from 3 different banks on GrapheneOS, they all work just fine. I'm also using WhatsApp and would not use the backup feature to Google Drive even…

Yes, all notifications work fine with sandboxed Play Services installed. All my banking apps also work fine. I haven't really had any problems with app support or any other problem…

What are these technical solutions?

If you allow root, there is no need for additional privEsc exploit. Also does LineageOS actually ship security patches reliably for software and firmware? How is Magisk helping to …

If you are fine running an OS with horrible security and privacy, then LineageOS and it's forks are fine. If you want the best privacy and security, then GrapheneOS is the best opt…

This just doesn't work the way you think, this mentality is not just outdated, but dangerous. People who think like that are more subject to "low IQ" attacks than people who accept…

Maybe once the ads start showing on Whatsapp it gets easier to convince people to switch.

No root is a major security feature, you have chosen an OS that prioritizes security. Use some other browser if dark mode is really important to you. I think the launcher is good a…

So you're saying don't use a smartphone at all, which isn't possible, or use CalyxOS, which not only suffers from the same "problems" you criticize in GrapheneOS, but is also infer…

Why do you think that's interesting? Google is highly respected for its security practices. Do you think Apple engineers use some special hardened iOS?

Your logic seems to fall apart here. > an operating system which essentially handles all of your private data. This is exactly why one should continue using GrapheneOS as it is by …

You don't need to wipe the phone when updating GrapheneOS. It's as painless as on stock Pixel OS. OTAs downloaded and installed on the background, just reboot the phone after.

There is so much misinformation about GrapheneOS. Other hardware is not supported for very good reasons. Mainly because the most basic security features are simply not available on…

You are implying Meta and others were able to just siphon data from any website via WebRTC using their native apps, but this was not the case. They were only able to track which we…

How can you compare iOS or Android security with desktop Linux security? Have you checked what it takes to achieve those 0-click root exploits on iOS or Android compared to a deskt…

Yes, but this was about Silverblue and how it implements some additional sandboxing, which it doesn't. SELinux is great, but maintaining it and creating configs is huge amount of w…

It may be in the future, but for now it is no different from Fedora Workstation in terms of security. Please correct me if I am wrong. AFAIK Silverblue has no additional sandboxing…

Sandboxing should be built in and by default, not DIY and glued on, like with apparmor and firejail. "Your car does not come with a seatbelt? Seatbelt parts are easy to order onlin…

> What concerns me more is that Apple is the only company audibly making a stand. But still Apple operates in China and Google does not. This is weird to me. Google left China when…

No need to turn JS off. Turn on Lockdown mode which disables Javascript JIT and WASM, which might be enough

> This is significantly underestimating the benefits of Qubes. Are you using your online banking in the same browser that you use for random web surfing? I do it in separate VMs wi…

QubesOS is great if you need to do work and personal stuff on the same computer. I do most of my stuff in the browser and have a separate computer for work. I am mostly interested …

Yes all software will have security issues, but Chromium is much harder target to exploit than Firefox.

If security is not that important, Firefox or Safari. If you care about security, Chromium.

I want to use Tldraw as a simpler alternative to Figma. I want to drag and drop Web Components (or React components) into the canvas to play around with different UI ideas. Maybe a…