fragileone

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by fragileone 5y ago
Rooting and installing a custom ROM are two independent things, you don't need one to have the other. Rooted devices can use the official Play Store yes, though most people use Aurora Store to access the Play Store because they tend to
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by fragileone 5y ago
Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Pop_OS!
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by fragileone 5y ago
Just buy a device with it already installed, Calyx and Fairphone offer these for instance.
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by fragileone 5y ago
That's not the only choice at all. Pixel phones + GrapheneOS/CalyxOS. Various phones + LineageOS. Various devices + SailfishOS. Librem 5. PinePhone. Fairphone. /e/. F(x)Tec Pro1. You're greatly underestimating the
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by fragileone 5y ago
So? If a corporation (or political party) does a shockingly egregious thing that doesn't align with your values then you absolutely should switch to an alternative that supports your values.
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by fragileone 5y ago
Previously Android phones were allowed to be released each with modified unique kernels. All new phones which ship with Android 12 however must use the same generic Android Common Kernel, and any device-specific drivers are then attached vi
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by fragileone 5y ago
Android ROMs like GrapheneOS do not spy on you, verifiably.
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by fragileone 5y ago
Not even an app store that distributes only open-source software (eg F-Droid)? Considering the reputation for scams and malware on 1st party app stores I could never understand this perspective.
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by fragileone 5y ago
CalyxOS includes microG which supports some of the most popular APIs. Which apps did you have issues with?
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by fragileone 5y ago
Thanks for the info! The limited supported hardware and kernel updates has me hesitant still but I'll give it another look, it's been years since I did last.
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by fragileone 5y ago
1) What would you say are your unique differences from LineageOS and GrapheneOS? 2) What big goals/projects are planned for the future? 3) Where do you see Android as a platform in 5 or 10 years? Any predictions or notable obstacles? 4
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by fragileone 5y ago
I wish there was a RSS feed of some kind available. Whether it be for a changelog, a Twitter feed or blog posts.
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by fragileone 5y ago
> There has to be some incentive somewhere for Apple to do this. They know it's wrong, they know it will be abused. For several years now politicians have been asking for "exceptional access for law enforcement" to backdoo
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by fragileone 5y ago
You can do both. Boycott Apple because they're the ones who committed this violation, whilst also protesting government efforts to spy.
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by fragileone 5y ago
Use the Aurora Store app (you can keep this updated via the F-Droid app), it's a client for the Google Play Store so it'll allow you to update those apps through it.
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by fragileone 5y ago
Aurora Store is not a piracy site. It's a FOSS app that gives you access to the official Google Play Store directly.
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by fragileone 5y ago
microG as a semi-Play Services experience is fine, the only issue I have is that most network-based geolocation backends tend to be hit or miss. I usually have to enable the Apple location service if I need a fast geolocation.
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by fragileone 5y ago
You're looking for Privacy Dashboard, which is available as a 3rd-party FOSS standalone app[1] or built into Android 12. [1] https://github.com/RushikeshKamewar/PrivacyDashboard
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by fragileone 5y ago
I use LineageOS for microG [1] and I'm planning to move to GrapheneOS once the Pixel 6 gets released (since it finally has guaranteed 5 years of kernel updates). LineageOS is superb for getting rid of stock OS bloatware and spyware and
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by fragileone 5y ago
Not much actually since it's just strings of hashes. It will however use CPU cycles when it hashes your device's photos.
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by fragileone 5y ago
How's the Anbox support on it? I'd like to keep using the large F-Droid app ecosystem until native alternatives are as good. Also have they resolved the kernel updating issue? All phones which ship with Android 11 or lower are una
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by fragileone 5y ago
microG support mainly, it's needed for some Play Services APIs like push notifications and maps, though the choice all depends on what apps you use. GrapheneOS is great also and even better for those with very high security and privacy
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by fragileone 5y ago
See the GrapheneOS or CalyxOS websites for more details, they are significantly hardened for security compared to LineageOS. Currently those two projects only support Pixels, mainly because they're all bootloader unlockable. If these p
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by fragileone 5y ago
Laptop: Framework Laptop Phone: Pixel with GrapheneOS or CalyxOS. In the future a Linux phone when the software improves.
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by fragileone 5y ago
Calyx is a degoogled Android ROM. It's probably the best choice until mobile Linux improves.
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by fragileone 5y ago
Out of 200k photos being matched against I'd be extremely surprised if there aren't at least some false positives generated.
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by fragileone 5y ago
Nextcloud
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by fragileone 5y ago
There are no CSAM laws that require this sort of privacy violation, and it would be a gross overstep by any government to mandate it. If they enabled E2EE iCloud after this it'd be just for marketing purposes, because client-side encry
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by fragileone 5y ago
No, that "feature" isn't based on hashes from the CSAM database. It's instead based on a machine learning model trained on the CSAM database which allows them to identify arbitrary images of underage nudity. These are
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by fragileone 5y ago
The database and check is on your device, and triggered when you try to upload. There is not much point to moving scanning to the device-side, unless this technology is intended to be extended so that in the future it doesn't check for

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