Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS — I say that’s freedom
Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS — I say that’s freedom
GrapheneOS offers some of the best privacy and security features of any smartphone operating system, but is it too effective at what it does?
If cops don't like it, it must be good!
yeah, but you cant trust anything any police officer tells you.
they are liars by policy and anti-intellectual by culture.
Had a friend apply, he passed the test but didn't get hired because he scored too well in certain areas (he's too independent a thinker).
Would've been a very good cop, doesn't react to being goaded, or to stresses, great negotiator, physically in great shape and a big dude.
He should do it again, maybe in a Town over or something and answer all the questions "wrong" lmao
police in general dont like to hire people with significant education or too "smart".
I run GrapheneOS because it gives me full control over what my phone does and gives me the ability to restrict access to anything on all applications or uninstall any application I don't want on my phone even if it causes some functionalities to break.
This is how all devices should be by default.
Had lawmakers gotten their heads out of their asses and made actually having control over a device that you own like this a legal requirement for all devices, I wouldn't need to be using GrapheneOS.
I'm considering switching too, I'm tired of feeling helpless.
Out of curiosity, have you had a lot of encounters with apps that won't run because of play integrity? If so, have you managed to work around them in any way?
That settles it for me, I'm installing it right away.
No better recommendation than cops hate it
If you can't manage the software on your phone, do you really own your phone?
This just in, criminals drink water.
No, criminals prefer the far more dangerous Di-hydrogen Monoxide
I’m not a criminal, don’t pirate things, don’t have really anything more to hide than anyone does
But I like privacy, I like having some level of trust in my own device to not be sending my information to both my government and foreign ones.
It has nothing to do with crime.
I can't think of the exact quote but paraphrasing:
"I like privacy, not because I have something to hide but fear the people who decide what is a crime."
We can't spy on you now, so you're up to something! -government
Criminals do a lot of legal stuff :33
Why would I listen to the words of criminals?
a lot of non-criminals do too... what's their point? /s
A privacy-focused operating system may seem more trouble than it’s worth. But when I replaced Google’s Pixel OS with GrapheneOS, I found it to be a transformative experience. For one, the installation was painless, and I didn’t lose any modern software features. Installing aftermarket operating systems used to equal a compromised smartphone experience, but I didn’t find that to be true in the case of GrapheneOS.
Case in point: even though GrapheneOS doesn’t include any Google services, I was surprised to find that you can install the Play Store with relative ease and almost all apps work flawlessly — even most banking ones.
Oh, nice. This sounds promising! I'm adding it to my list:
[guix, emacs, graphene]It was so refreshing to have a clean install without bloatware or having to login to google services right off the bat. Especially after having a carrier locked phone
I'm free, finally. Just got my Pixel 9 last week.
"we've officially moved to graphene" -cops
I've been thinking about switching lately because as this phone gets more updates it keeps gradually getting more annoying. Only trouble is my carrier is Google Fi right now and I don't know if I can reasonably continue using that on Graphene without privacy concerns.
Though, I originally started using it only because it was cheap. I could probably afford to shop carriers soon.
If you’re in the US, US Mobile comes out to $17.50 a month for the unlimited plan if you pay for the whole year.
You can use Google Fi if you install sandboxed Play Services and give it a few permissions. It's not as private as it could potentially be, but it's still presumably better than stock.
Also, IMO unless you really need the international features, Google Fi isn't worth the price since US Mobile, Visible, Mint, etc. exist.
because google is constantly datamining the phone, and enshittified alot of it too.
Do all my authenticators still function with it? That's like the only thing holding me back.
In my experience yes they do.
I use Aegis (Google Authenticator compatible) and it works great. Entrust has also worked for me in the past.
Most seem to work fine. Banking apps can be finicky sometimes
I miss the Michael Bazzell podcast.