4 ms·
So why Apple instead of something like a Pixel with GrapheneOS? Again, curious.
by zshrc 3y ago
So why Apple instead of something like a Pixel with GrapheneOS? Again, curious.
- sebastiennight 3y agoTo be fair, you don't really control where the GrapheneOS Pixel sends traffic either. I wish there was a firewall similar to Little Snitch for phones. The only options I've seen where flimsy workarounds using the VPN service to act as a DNS filter, but then, you've got no real VPN.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoJust FYI, Little Snitch DOES NOT BLOCK DNS QUERIES — it just prevents your Mac from initiating connections to the resolved IP. e.g: if a client using Little Snitch enters new.incriminating.website into their web browser, the computer still initiates a DNS query to AND receives the IP of said URL — it is at THIS POINT that the Little Snitch dialogue pops up and asks "should we allow a connection to this server/IP?" If this nuance is unclear to you, than just know that Little Snitch only prevents your computer from initiating connections to IP addresses, allowing the DNS resolution to happen without any user input. ---- Many people do not believe this until I show them their "blocked" URLs, as noted by a locally-running PiHole [which sees the "blocked" domain names, and resolves an IP... if you don't have PiHole rule blocking the hostname].
- sebastiennight 3y agoYou are correct. I do, however, use a VPN service whose DNS servers I trust, so that is fine by me.
- fsflover 3y ago> I wish there was a firewall similar to Little Snitch for phones. This reminds me how people on Windows always fight with their own computer (e.g., to disable the telemetry) instead of switching to an OS that respects you. Same here. My phone won't prevent me from installing anything I want (including Little Snitch) and will not attempt to send any data somewhere.
- sebastiennight 3y agoWhat phone can you install Little Snitch (a MacOS app) on?
- vagrantJin 3y ago> an OS that respects you. I hope you mean Linux. Hope.
- fsflover 3y agoYes, I mean GNU/Linux. Also on the phone.
- JackGreyhat 3y agoAt least GrapheneOS devs are transparant about it, as it should: https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoLegacy — my iPhone is circa 2012 [from my pre-PiHole, fanboi days]. When it dies, I plan to get a Lightphone (or perhaps even simpler, a la early 2000's flip phone). I have no lifelong plans for utilizing either Google or MSFT products.
- SllX 3y agoI have no plans to emulate your setup, but mad props to you for putting the phone back into iPhone.