sphinxcdi

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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
GrapheneOS isn't less focused on privacy than security or than the other one. They recently made a thread addressing this: https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/1424412990074494979
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
https://grapheneos.org/usage#camera
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
CalyxOS doesn't change the default connectivity checks and NTP. GrapheneOS does (NTP isn't used though [1]). [1] https://grapheneos.org/faq#default-connections
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
Relocking the bootloader doesn't imply that verified boot is enabled or that that it's not broken for alternate OSes, as is the case for the devices you mentioned. https://twitter.com/GrapheneOS/status/14
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
> It's a privacy-focused ROM that still integrates microG, so it's compatible with most apps (unlike the other popular privacy-focused ROM GrapheneOS [2] which doesn't support microG). Many apps are also compatible with Gr
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
> I have also considered the “freedom phone”. But my understand is it’s just Graphene + process isolation on a slightly modified hardware. No, it's not. You may be confusing it with another company with a similar name selling device
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
WhatsApp works fine including its push notifications, you can download it from their website or via Aurora Store. The AOSP Camera app is not as good as Google Camera but you can install it if you want. It requires Play services but you can
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
> GrapheneOS[2] that excludes Google services altogether at the cost of lower app compatibility[3]. It now has https://grapheneos.org/usage#sandboxed-play-services providing broader app compatibility. That video is quite
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
It doesn't actually hide apps with "anti-features", you can still see them by default. The only thing it does is hide the description and install button of apps with "anti-features" in the search screen. It seems li
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by sphinxcdi 5y ago
You can access and download apps from Google Play Store with Aurora Store. https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore#aurora-store-a-goog... > Google is doing their level best to make it harder to get APKs any other w