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Hi, can you check the accessibility services on Graphene? Are there any screen readers?
Yes you can use Android accessibility features with Graphene such as magnification.
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The solution I have is a wired-in, locked down raspberry pi where I have a separate email account, PGP key, etc. Phones are definitely a writeoff though, with the possible exception of the PinePhone. If memory serves, the 4g modem lacks direct memory access which improves security substantially.
Those components in that PinePhone, they come from China. Are you sure that flash module does not contain a backdoor? What about the SoC, PinePhone uses Rockchip, the full name of that company is Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Co., Ltd. . Are you sure the SoC is free from backdoors? Why even limit the search to complex components when a simple SMD capacitor is more than big enough to contain a low-power radio. Add some…
Plus, I'm fairly sure the pi is a known quantity. PinePhone less so. Probably the most secure thing you can do is encrypt messages to your friends, send them as a printed out QR code, and make your signature say "burn after reading". Bonus points for a printer that is old enough that it isn't laden with spyware.
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My first “tech” job out of college was tech support for a VPN company. Brilliant little operation reselling bandwidth to folks visiting China and those who wanted to hide their traffic. One reason I really respected the CEO and CTO is that they told us specifically to never, ever promise that we made people “anonymous on the Internet.” Even when they went to no-logs — a big step for them — they still maintained that…
>“Look, if you have the US government after you, you’re already fucked. No level of encryption is going to help.” Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/
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>mad that google photos doesn't know his exact location i don't even
Yea this is a bit baffling >installs grapheneos which focuses on security and privacy >wonders why their location isn't being logged by the camera app
We've been so brainwashed by saas companies to expect that simply collecting information implies sharing it. The point of distributions like this is to remove those cloud dependencies while retaining functionality, and placing that functionality at the control of the user.
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Yes you can use Android accessibility features with Graphene such as magnification.
Good for the magnification, but I need a full screen reader with a tts engine.
``` When Talkback is on, it provides spoken feedback so that you can use your device without looking at the screen. Talkback is intended for situations or people who have difficulty seeing the screen. ```
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> I think it's best practice for anyone wanting a de-googeled device to just buy one of these phones in store with cash and then load the custom OS themselves The best practice is to abandon locked down Android phones and switch to GNU/Linux phones (Librem 5 and Pinephone).
Linux phones are entirely impractical for most people. I live in India, and there are several apps I need to use to access government services that only work on iOS and Android. Some services aren't even available over the Web. We're at a point where any successful mobile OS will at least need to support running Android apps, preferably directly from the Play Store. I suspect this is one of the reasons Microsoft is a…
You need separated devices, and do the anonymous stuff in the most private one.
It is the same principle as having separate machines for work and personal stuff.
Yes, it is "impractical". That's unavoidable. Let's keep the conversation on what can be done, not some theoretical perfect device no one will ever make.
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Linux phones are entirely impractical for most people. I live in India, and there are several apps I need to use to access government services that only work on iOS and Android. Some services aren't even available over the Web. We're at a point where any successful mobile OS will at least need to support running Android apps, preferably directly from the Play Store. I suspect this is one of the reasons Microsoft is a…
If you want some anonymity, you can't just have a single phone and expect it can do everything. You need separated devices, and do the anonymous stuff in the most private one. It is the same principle as having separate machines for work and personal stuff. Yes, it is "impractical". That's unavoidable. Let's keep the conversation on what can be done, not some theoretical perfect device no one will ever make.
Fortunately, for normal computers it's not necessary, because we have Qubes OS for that: https://qubes-os.org
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My first “tech” job out of college was tech support for a VPN company. Brilliant little operation reselling bandwidth to folks visiting China and those who wanted to hide their traffic. One reason I really respected the CEO and CTO is that they told us specifically to never, ever promise that we made people “anonymous on the Internet.” Even when they went to no-logs — a big step for them — they still maintained that…
>“Look, if you have the US government after you, you’re already fucked. No level of encryption is going to help.” Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/
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>“Look, if you have the US government after you, you’re already fucked. No level of encryption is going to help.” Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/538/
Yet somehow the US government can't even prevent me from downloading copyrighted torrents.
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Yea this is a bit baffling >installs grapheneos which focuses on security and privacy >wonders why their location isn't being logged by the camera app
These aims shouldn't be incompatible. The device should be able to use purely local location data to tag the photos, and then the photos should only be made available to applications the user trusts. We've been so brainwashed by saas companies to expect that simply collecting information implies sharing it. The point of distributions like this is to remove those cloud dependencies while retaining functionality, and p…