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LineageOS 20
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Re: LineageOS 20
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the same, that's why I settled on LineageOS+MicroG. No google spyware with near-perfect compatibility with the few non-Free apps I need to use. Slap an OS-wide content blocker for trackers and ads (AdAway) and a firewall in whitelist mode (AfWall+), and you're good to go! Great battery life and no spyware.
Does it get around root-detecting corporate spyware like Microsoft Authenticator by chance?
I have a rooted phone with no cloaking at all and Microsoft Authenticator works fine.
Re: LineageOS 20
#43I’d love to switch to a Linux based phone. But sadly most of the important Apps will probably never be ported on there. Like my banking or credit cards apps. And all these 2FA apps needed to use them.
I think the market is yet too small for forcing companies to bring out a version for a Linux phone.
Maybe I should consider just having an old iPhone at home, with apps for doing these authentication. And use a Linux phone as daily driver for non commercial stuff. I’m tired of being trapped in a Google/Apple 1984 world.
Re: LineageOS 20
#44Has anyone else ceased rooting their phone? It has begun to seem like an unnecessary risk, with the appearance of Android policies necessitating VPN Hotspot make manipulations to nftables, ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnho... ), trusting Magisk, going without Clockwork Mod on many platforms, eschewing security updates. What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days?
> What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days? On stock Android 12+ (LineageOS 19+), superuser access is necessary even to customize the default color scheme. (Except on Google Pixel devices, which have the UI for this built-in: but that's proprietary, not part of AOSP.) The most common use cases would be easily installing and updating apps from third-party stores (such as F-Droid through their Pr…
+1, these fdroid updates are going to be a dealbreaker if I buy another android.
Re: LineageOS 20
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does it get around root-detecting corporate spyware like Microsoft Authenticator by chance?
I have a rooted phone with no cloaking at all and Microsoft Authenticator works fine.
I'll have to look into it again. Maybe there's an option where corporate sysadmins can forbid rooted phones or not.
Re: LineageOS 20
#46Has anyone else ceased rooting their phone? It has begun to seem like an unnecessary risk, with the appearance of Android policies necessitating VPN Hotspot make manipulations to nftables, ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=be.mygod.vpnho... ), trusting Magisk, going without Clockwork Mod on many platforms, eschewing security updates. What benefits are you guys reaping from taking root, these days?
Yes, I stopped when I switched from a OnePlus 3T to Pixel 5.
My provider (and employer) kicked the 3T off the wireless network because it was not "4G compatible", though it very much is. The Pixel 5 was discounted for purchase, so I got a new phone in a hurry and never rooted it.
I really miss the pure red night color mode that required root, and with Magisk it finally became reasonably easy to cloak from bank apps and such. Now my phone's configured and I'm just too lazy to root it and start over, and I'm also happy so far with Google's security updates.
I'm also aware of the intense monitoring and collection, especially as I see advertisement tied to verbal conversations that happened in proximity to the phone. I'm halfway through Surveillance Capitalism and it makes me want to get a flip phone and pull the battery when idle. I hate to admit it, but I just don't have the energy to keep up a pure Google-free Android any longer.
Re: LineageOS 20
#47I’d love to switch to a Linux based phone. But sadly most of the important Apps will probably never be ported on there. Like my banking or credit cards apps. And all these 2FA apps needed to use them. I think the market is yet too small for forcing companies to bring out a version for a Linux phone. Maybe I should consider just having an old iPhone at home, with apps for doing these authentication. And use a Linux ph…
LineageOS is a fork of Android, not some separate thing. You can set it up to have all those apps work, same as you can after you root a stock Android install.
Re: LineageOS 20
#48Apologies if this is somewhat of a thread hijack, but what's the current state of "Android apps on Linux?" and is anyone aware of a guide to make this easier? It's in the state of one of those things that ought to be really easy and is probably (I'm not sure) hard due to Google resistances (as in, you used to just be able to run them in Chrome? My use case is "my kid has a Chromebook, and along with the stupid games,…
I had a Chromebook a few years ago and at that time one could run Android apps on it, is that no longer the case?
Right, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear --- when I said "run in Chrome" I meant "in the Chrome browser regardless of OS, e.g. in Linux"
I want the kiddo to have not a Chromebook, but real Linux, e.g. Ubuntu. While the Android apps work fine, other things we do (e.g. easily saving files, dealing with local network stuff like Java Minecraft play) do not.
Re: LineageOS 20
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sadly, you can't, but most android VPN software will let you set the DNS servers and you can point to an advlocking resolver.
Can those DNS settings point to an adblocker app running on localhost? I'm not sure how well this solution would work with captive portals though.
Unsure if Android's sandboxing would prevent this or not - I've never tested. It's theretically possible if sandboxing doesn't interfere or can be bypassed.
If you want to control it yourself maybe consider a pi-hole or similar?
Re: LineageOS 20
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you mean by "need root"? To flash? A few comments above people were mentioning how grapheneos was explicitly against rooting, so not giving users root during runtime is definitely a thing.
he means you can't install custom ROM without unlocked bootloader which is essentially root access
Root access and unlocked bootloader are very different things. Many apps need root access to work, and having an unlocked bootloader won't help. On the other hand, installing another ROM requires an unlocked bootloader, but having root access won't help with it.