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GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple
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Who do we lobby to get this removed from the auditors checklists? This is a solvable problem but it’s political. And if we don’t solve it personal computing is at risk.
Start by calling (or visiting the area office of) your senator and congressman. If you are reasonably articulate, they engage and listen. Doesn't matter if the listener is not a techie; they will ask questions around policy and why it affects constituents. This is 1000x more useful than online petitions or other passive stuff. Politicians know that one person to have taken the effort to do this, means 1000 others are…
From my experience with the fed level senator.. they're already lobbied to shit. For example, explaining to Duckworth that fed level id tying to your internet travel and encryption backdoors aren't safe.. they'll send you copy that she really wants you to know she's thinking about the children while rolling around in her wheelchair.
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Since you seem to be one of the developers, one thing that I wish Graphene focused on more is browser fingerprinting. This is is probably the number one threat against privacy nowadays. Vanadium is very usable, but it seems to be quite easily fingerprintable.
The founder, afaik, not just a developer. Tor Browser seems to be a project that requires multiple full time developers. I don't think GrapheneOS have the resources right now to do this alongside their OS development, device support and app overhaul plans. Also please don't take this as any criticism of your suggestion, but there have been multiple 'privacy' browser projects based on Chromium for Android. It's a litt…
> 'privacy' browser projects based on Chromium for Android
As far as I know none of these projects have tackled the JS fingerprinting problem. The most earnest attempts seem to be Brave and Firefox with the Arkenfox user.js, but they have their own problems. The basic issue is that JS gives websites far too much control over the user's device. The JS spec should have never allowed websites control over the clipboard (e.g. to disable paste), to know if the user is active, when the mouse is being moved, etc. Since it is too late now, short of disabling JS entirely, there will be usability tradeoffs, but I think these are necessary (at least optionally) in an OS like Graphene.
Unfortunately, browsers have often done too little, too late when it comes to privacy. For example, until recently, most browsers allowed third party cookies by default.
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#744I really don't want to give Google money so the Pixel is off for me until GrapheneOS supports something else. For now I consider smartphones as disposable toys that can't be trusted with anything sensitive and use a computer for privacy. I also don't like the idea of running Android, I still hope for a real linux phone at some point.
You could buy a used Pixel.
Also, they are working with a partner to get their own phone hardware, hopefully by next year.
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You have to understand that this is yo replace your os on your phone. No phone is designed for that to happen. If you find it difficult, try to do it on an iphone.
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#747Why only pixel phones are supported?
They are working with a partner to get their own phone hardware, hopefully by next year.
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If you're willing to invest in a smartwatch principally as a secure payment appliance, tap-to-pay with Garmin Pay works when configured on Graphene OS, and most Garmin Smartwatches will happily stay in airplane mode for months once configured.
AFAICT, Garmin Pay works like Apple Pay, meaning (unlike Google Pay) no network connection is required.
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#749Breaking free from Google by using a Google phone with a Google designed processor
They are working with a partner to get their own phone hardware, hopefully by next year.
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This should be illegal that the government forces people into apps controlled by private, commercial entities. I call such a government corrupt. Here in central Europe I can still access the bank website fine without smartphone. I need a physical device to yield a TAN though, but I can access and do online transactions fine. So I think something is wrong with the spanish government. People need to protest.
I switched bank in the UK due to enforced app use, from Starling to Nationwide. They use a card reader to issue codes, so I can still use the web. I see this as a much of a must-have as physical bank branches with real cashier services.
Might be able to file a complaint with the financial services that they're charging you hidden fees to access and manage your money.. (the requirement of having a working mobile, phone, service, etc)