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F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by notpushkin »

snapplebobapple wrote: post #17
notpushkin wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LineageOS is supported on a bit more devices, and works with microG if you're willing to sacrifice Google Pay for better battery life and less privacy violations: https://lineage.microg.org/

This worked ok, but wasn't as nice as grapheneos' solution so I ended up upgrading to a pixel once my cheap chinesium phone was sufficiently old and haven't looked back since. If you do the microg route you should be using a throw away gmail account you don't care about losing with the aurora store (if you need access to the google play store) because there is a non zero chance they ban your account.

> a throw away gmail account you don't care about losing with the aurora store

They also have a pool of accounts you can use by clicking “anonymous”. They do get banned frequently, and you have to re-login once in a while (for me it's almost every time I want to download something new again), but it is definitely usable.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by SenAnder »

gjsman-1000 wrote: post #13
tomrod wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why are you under the impression that since I want to use a more secure OS than Android or the equivocating Apple that I must be wanting to bomb a university? Please.

Absolutely not. But if anything bad happens, or you are attending a protest and suddenly getting investigated for rioting, you might have second thoughts. I do not condone or endorse illegal activity. That does not mean your use of GrapheneOS might not be used against you if you use it at an inopportune time. There is currently almost no discussion online about this, so it’s worth a mention. Edit: I forgot to mention…

The kind of over-cautious cowardice you are displaying is what drives societies to become conformity-enforcing police states.

"You're painting your fence beige instead of white? Are you sure that's a good idea? What if there's a crime committed in the neighborhood - beige-fenced deviants are the first that the police will look at!"

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by neilv »

blameitonme wrote: post #4
neilv wrote: post #2

One way to be a little less constantly violated by your phone is to run GrapheneOS, instead of iOS or ordinary Android: https://grapheneos.org/

They only seem to support pixel, although pixels can be bought for cheap when compared to iphones, they're still expensive for countries which are still developing. For example Im using a device which is 1/4th the price of cheapest first hand pixel that I can get :(

Even in the US, the limited hardware support is a barrier right now, especially with having to find a unit that has an unblockable bootloader.

But it's still doable for many people. I most recently bought a second-hand Pixel 6a for GrapheneOS, and BYOD it to an inexpensive no-contract plan.

Pixel 6a units with unlockable bootloaders are currently $235+ on US eBay, which is less than new current Pixels and iPhones bought outright, but more than many lower-end devices, and more upfront than people pay for contract plans that toss in a phone.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by prirai »

zvmaz wrote: post #24

Is it ill-intentioned? If so, why? Has anyone any idea?

I can't really comment on that but what I know is that play store also has KDE connect available and this issue is not happening for the people who got it from there. Perhaps it's someone who has some sort of play signing enabled with uploading unknown apps and the signature difference between play and fdroid versions might have created a false positive.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by aib »

zvmaz wrote: post #24

Is it ill-intentioned? If so, why? Has anyone any idea?

I think that line has been blurry (blurred?) for a long time. Is it ill-intentioned when Apple slows down charging with non-authenticated cables because "they might be shitty and high currents can cause a fire"? If companies can hide behind good intentions, they will. And I'm not even sure such intentions originate from human beings, anymore. Not from individuals, at any rate.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by BlueTemplar »

neilv wrote: post #2

One way to be a little less constantly violated by your phone is to run GrapheneOS, instead of iOS or ordinary Android: https://grapheneos.org/

It's still based on Android though - so isn't it building on sand ?

Isn't it better to focus our efforts on projects unrelated to Android, especially since some viable ones have appeared recently : Librem 5 and especially PinePhone.

Re: F-Droid version of KDEConnect uninstalled by PlayProtect

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Post by jacooper »

BlueTemplar wrote: post #29
neilv wrote: post #2

One way to be a little less constantly violated by your phone is to run GrapheneOS, instead of iOS or ordinary Android: https://grapheneos.org/

It's still based on Android though - so isn't it building on sand ? Isn't it better to focus our efforts on projects unrelated to Android, especially since some viable ones have appeared recently : Librem 5 and especially PinePhone.

No it isn't, as unlike the others, grapheneOS is actually usable and dailyable.
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