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Only available on Pixel phones and a single Xiaomi phone.
Samsung/Motorola/ etc. should release OEM unlocked devices not just carrier unlocked that can be purchased directly from their online stores.
This will make adoption easy for these open Android projects.
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How does CalyxOS compare to GrapheneOS?
Calyx has more focus on functionality and privacy rather than security. On Graphene, security is always priority #1. For example: Calyx provides MicroG. This means you can talk to Google Play services, though in a better, more privacy-conscious way. MicroG is an open implentation of Google Play Services. However, MicroG requires signature spoofing: You need to install a fake Google certificate so that it can trick of…
The concerns usually raised against that are due to the "default" patch included in their repository, which has a specific purpose.
We don't use that, https://calyxos.org/about/tech/microg/ are the precautions we take to try and prevent abuse.
I made it a privileged permission because that's a standard Android thing to gate things (such as reading of IMEI) - My thought process being that if you somehow managed to get around privileged permissions, we have much bigger problems than signature spoofing.
* Spotify needs to work over Bluetooth in my car
* WhatsApp needs to work (preferably with push notifications)
* I need the Fitbit app to work so my watch can show push notifications from my personal apps
* a network-based location provider to be consumed by my personal apps (I’m working on a personal data and automation suite that relies on frequent smartphone location updates)
Is this something that can be done with CalyxOS on a Pixel? Can other Android flavours like GrapheneOS or LineageOS do this?
And aside from Android, how far along are other “mobile linux” smartphones for use as a daily driver with regards to the above points?
I’m thinking about buying a degoogled Android phone to replace my iPhone. The main things I want are: * Spotify needs to work over Bluetooth in my car * WhatsApp needs to work (preferably with push notifications) * I need the Fitbit app to work so my watch can show push notifications from my personal apps * a network-based location provider to be consumed by my personal apps (I’m working on a personal data and automa…
I guess other alternative Android distributions shouldn't be too different there.
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Yeah GrapheneOS is security over privacy, Calyx is privacy over security (and has a bit more mainstream appeal with MicroG, supporting push messaging and location services etc). GrapheneOS has also pioneered a lot of security measures, a lot of which have been added to Android proper (if you see their feature log, a lot of it says "removed because it was introduced in Android"). I wonder if that wouldn't have been th…
Don't privacy and security go hand in hand?
With a secure (but not private) application, the only person getting my data is the owner of the code & anyone they are willing to share it with (Governments, Ad-tech, etc.)
So if your hard requirement is 'nobody can know anything about what I do with this software' you are correct. However in-practice, security requirements often exist somewhere between the above two scenarios.
I’m thinking about buying a degoogled Android phone to replace my iPhone. The main things I want are: * Spotify needs to work over Bluetooth in my car * WhatsApp needs to work (preferably with push notifications) * I need the Fitbit app to work so my watch can show push notifications from my personal apps * a network-based location provider to be consumed by my personal apps (I’m working on a personal data and automa…
Calyx made an effort to sponsor and integrate the backup tool Seedvault ( https://calyxinstitute.org/projects/seedvault-encrypted-back... ) into their ROM - and other AOSP distributions benefit from this effort. Handhelds are tethered devices, its essential to have contacts and precious photos stored at a second place (online or offline) and easily restored or used when changing devices. A user friendly full backup s…
We're continuing to fund work on it, both ourselves and also through applying for external funding.
Full Storage backup support (Files / Photos) was recently added thanks to a grant from NLnet - https://nlnet.nl/project/Seedvault/index.html
https://github.com/seedvault-app/seedvault Contributions welcome!
I’m thinking about buying a degoogled Android phone to replace my iPhone. The main things I want are: * Spotify needs to work over Bluetooth in my car * WhatsApp needs to work (preferably with push notifications) * I need the Fitbit app to work so my watch can show push notifications from my personal apps * a network-based location provider to be consumed by my personal apps (I’m working on a personal data and automa…
It's going to hard to degoogle your phone and stay attached to your Fitbit.
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Indeed, but in return it only supports pixel phones, sadly (considering they're not great value for money for custom rom purposes, and most of their added value is lost when running a custom rom)
> most of their added value is lost when running a custom rom Could you please explain?
I’m thinking about buying a degoogled Android phone to replace my iPhone. The main things I want are: * Spotify needs to work over Bluetooth in my car * WhatsApp needs to work (preferably with push notifications) * I need the Fitbit app to work so my watch can show push notifications from my personal apps * a network-based location provider to be consumed by my personal apps (I’m working on a personal data and automa…
* Spotify over Blueooth in a car works.
* WhatsApp works, with notifications
* I'm not sure about FitBit, per https://plexus.techlore.tech/applications/fitbit it might not but things may have changed.
* We include some providers by default and you can install more from F-Droid.