Andromxda

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by Andromxda 11mo ago
It isn't Samsung
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
There is no smartphone fully powered by open firmware. Also keep in mind that the hardware itself is proprietary too.
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
GrapheneOS releases patches very quickly, often even faster than OEMs do. But patches are only useful for fixing individual known vulnerabilities. GrapheneOS additionally focuses on defending against whole classes of vulnerabilities. [1] Fo
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
GrapheneOS provides PSDS, SUPL (which are enabled by default IIRC) and an optional Wi-Fi based location provider, so there shouldn't be any positioning issues with E911
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
The Pixel 5 isn't supported anymore. The Pixel 6a still has a little less than 2 years of support left. These have become pretty cheap. The Pixel 8 and 8a aren't that expensive either. And keep in mind that they are supported unti
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
Used or refurbished devices are typically much cheaper. It's what I would recommend. You can also use 2 SIMs on a Pixel by using an eSIM.
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
The Pixel 8 and 8a aren't that expensive either. And keep in mind that they are supported until 2030 and 2031 respectively. [1] They not only receive security updates for 7 years, instead of the 5 years for previous Pixel generations,
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
That's untrue. The main focus of GrapheneOS has always been privacy. This level of privacy is enabled through good security. GrapheneOS goes above and beyond in regards to privacy. No other custom Android OS hosts its own time server,
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by Andromxda 11mo ago
Root access doesn't magically make an OS "open". You can disable System Integrity Protection on macOS and get full root access. That doesn't make it an open OS in any way. Root access fundamentally breaks the security mo
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by Andromxda 1y ago
Yeah
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by Andromxda 1y ago
I had the same misunderstanding of your comment, as this other commenter https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45256978 I thought you claimed that Pixels also used eFuses to disable certain features after unlocking the bootl
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> For what it is worth, Wikipedia mentions the Pixel 6 on the eFuse page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFuse The Pixel 6 is only mentioned in regards to anti-rollback protection. This has nothing to do with unlockin
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by Andromxda 1y ago
Sorry, I don't check HN daily either, so I'm late too. But thanks a lot for your response, and for the link.
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by Andromxda 1y ago
I was able to confirm that NetGuard actually uses the IPinfo API. See https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/master/FAQ.md#:~:text=... and https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob&#
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by Andromxda 1y ago
I think they were talking about the Netguard app (not a part of GrapheneOS or anything) using IPinfo. GrapheneOS definitely doesn't use it. It doesn't contact any third-party APIs. Everything is well documented: https:/&#x2F
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> Except the default browser is Chromium with some changes Chromium has vastly superior security compared to Firefox. https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht... > It tries to copy Google paternali
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by Andromxda 1y ago
Btw I reread all the emails exchanged by Rossmann and Micay (I had already read them back when they were released, but that was over 2 years ago), and I don't see how anything Daniel Micay said would be incorrect. Moreover, I found it
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> maximum clock speed from a modern GPU is not needed for most workstation applications Well at that point buying a GPU is definitely not worth your money. You're better off using a CPU's integrated graphics unit. > I genera
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> Other people don't think like you, they don't have to think like you. I'm quite certain that there are more people than just me, who think that someone with close to two million subscribers on YouTube should fulfill due
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> How do push notifications and similar things work on GraphenOS? Some apps require Google's FCM for push notifications. You need to install Sandboxed Google Play services from the GrapheneOS App Store and grant them unrestricted ba
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by Andromxda 1y ago
GrapheneOS published a workaround for that in an update in January. https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025012600 https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114772578787013282
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by Andromxda 1y ago
Just to add to that: Even some proprietary applications let you download their APK right from the website. WhatsApp is one such example (I don't recommend that you use it, Signal is much better, but if you require it, you don't ha
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> Nouveau. Which Nvidia card do you have, and at which clock speed does your GPU run? > With the right hardware choices running blob-free linux is pretty straightforward. Unfortunately no. Features like SSE are pretty amazing and have
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by Andromxda 1y ago
Yes, GrapheneOS has always offered OTA updates via the System Updater app. https://grapheneos.org/usage#updates It's set up to download and install updates automatically by default. Alternatively, you can install a s
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> This is on a level of "5G causes autism" understanding of the topic That sums it up perfectly
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by Andromxda 1y ago
> you can still get identified and tracked even if you use a VPN Sure, but that requires additional data about the user, which the GrapheneOS update server doesn't get. Both the update client and the update server are open source, s
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by Andromxda 1y ago
Not a dev, but legacy extended support means that there are no more feature updates, i.e., no new Android versions or QPRs, only AOSP security backports. Obviously there aren't any firmware patches either, as these devices are unsuppor