The site has CAPTCHAs, and I'm too dumb to solve them, because the pictures are so bad that I can't make out anything. How did we get there?
It's funny the page recommends de-Googled phones, but requires a Google service(reCaptcha) to view the page.
GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims
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Re: GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims
#62On this subject since it's an Australian seller and marketed as "DV safe". Australia has a national test of it's phone alert system in 10 days at 27/07/26, 2PM AEST. (People in North America would know it as Cell Alerts/Presidential Alerts etc.) There have been warnings that hidden phones will almost certainly sound, and their recommendation is to ether power off the phone or put it into airplane mode at least an hou…
Since it seems to be missed, in GOS you can disable these alerts completely.
Re: GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only in Google camera, which is usable on grapheneos: You get a live shot feature, it ain't exactly the same tho, look into that. I run pixelos and the amount of stuff I miss from iphone is staggering, the difference between pixelos/grapheneos isn't as big as the difference between iphone/pixel.
Hmm, don't really miss anything from iOS besides tap the top screen to go to top of page. Also Apple Notes is great. No back button on iOS is madness and also the Android rotate screen integration is way better than iOS.
It's mostly the app. Nothing come close to apple notes or reminder for instance.
Even safari... On Android, you get chromium that doesn't have any extension or Firefox that has incredibly frustrating UI and doesn't work well on some website.
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This. I looked at this headline and I thought to myself, that I couldn't think of a stupider solution or a dumber sales pitch than "hey DV victims! use this complex gadget!" No. I mean, come on. This is the sort of thing where people read a poster in the ladies' room and then they carefully plan a discreet exit from their life of abuse. These are very low-tech escapes. They involve packing your necessities and slippi…
Domestic abuse victim still need to call their workplace, childcare, manage bank account, pay bills. They have grandparents they contact, they have acquitances and friends. Otherwise said, live.
The discret exist where you leave everything behind is the most disasterous situation to be in.
Re: GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims
#65Very weird post, I dont see how a victim with not enough agency to control what apps are on their phone will somehow be able to install a custom os
Re: GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims
#66Why care about what Google know about you, in case of domestic abuse ? It's not like Google is going to sell your tracking data to abuser. There are many reasons to get rid of Google altogether, I just don't understand this one.
Here's an article explaining why one should care: https://privacypros.com.au/privacy-hub/articles/dv-safe-phon... The tl;dr is that you can either share this data by accident through some sort of "locate my family" app, or because your abuser gets access to your Google/Apple account (for instance because you're signed in on another device they have access to). The threat model here can be: domestic abuse victim flees…
Even on grapheneos you got to install the play store and play services to get most app to work, which mean connecting to a Google account.
Technically you can use fdroid, Aurora store, or only use stock applications but if we are serious, not all domestic abuse victims are also geeks that know how to do all these things.
They will need their apps, for instance for social security. Also, many people use their phone to pay nowadays, can't do on grapheneos.
Domestic abuse is a serious threat and people are motivated to stay away from their abusers, but if you give them something so barebone that they can't do 90% of their stuff, a significant percentage of them will revert to their old behavior and risk compromising themselves. For instance, buying a second phone and connecting it to the old Google account just to browse tiktok.
Re: GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims
#67Very weird post, I dont see how a victim with not enough agency to control what apps are on their phone will somehow be able to install a custom os
You'd be surprised how easy GrapheneOS is to install. You literally do it through a browser with your phone connected via USB.
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#68This is just the company use DV as a manipulation tactic to get you to buy their phones.
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> God, I hate techno-solutionism.
I don't hate it nearly as much as this weird genre of accelerationism where any attempt to improve one's immediate circumstances is just a distraction from the real work that needs to be done.
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#70It's absolutely insane that phones have online accounts deeply integrated into the OS. You need to give Apple your phone number to download any apps on iOS. For example: Say anyone that downloaded IceBlock commited crime, Apple could give the govt everyone who downloaded its phone number, the govt could get the realtime location of everyone based on their phone number from the carrier. And that's not even mentioning…
I agree with that.. additionaly, I'm finding it to be insane that organizations are trying to force you to have a "audited" phone to interact with them. (I.e. events, businesses, etc)
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