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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Switched to GrapheneOS today (grapheneos.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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After using LineageOS for long time, I have finally moved to GrapheneOS. I use a lot of banking and financial apps which I never felt comfortable using on LineageOS due to lack of proper sandboxing, unlocked bootloader etc.

GrapheneOS works flawlessly just like Android. You don't even notice there's hardening underneath. Also it protects from Google's evil location tracking using WiFi/Bluetooth or even when the Location is turned off. I don't understand how people in general are comfortable with Google tracking all the time. You can use Google Play and Play Services in a sandbox that works just like regular installation, but without deep tracking.

If you haven't tried GrapheneOS, try it. You won't go back to regular Android.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I didn’t realize GrapheneOS limited control like that. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

They don't.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Would you mind elaborating?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sure, like I said above, GOS doesn't at all prevent you from rooting the device. They only discourage it from a security point of view. Regarding MicroG, I've never had need for it myself but I've read many other posts over the years from users who have installed it on GOS in lieu of Graphene's own implementation.

I would argue that overall GrapheneOS provides more control over the OS than some other Android-based operating systems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Very interesting, thanks!

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