No, they don't have the same privileges as root permissions. this is easily demonstrated by the camera app built into LineageOS when you enable ignore mode for camera in App Ops and it crashes. and google services also start making very untypical requests for access to stuff.
Yes, but there aren't many apps that respect privacy on my phone compared to the usual ones).
I had this when I used microG, it started in the last month, official google services are fine so far)
I've been using microG for about a year, but there have been problems here and there with games and apps. and accordingly, I realize how many apps need Google services (especially notifications). so for now, through Root rights and App Ops, I've just restricted Google services access to the camera/microphone etc. this is an acceptable compromise for me.
I still want to communicate with normal, normal people, play normal games. i don't want to put myself in complete isolation from the world, so i can't throw away google services yet).
Too radical a solution for me, I used microG for a long time, but the notification problems made me go back to Google services. i've banned them from accessing camera/microphone/geolocation via App Ops (put them on ignore mode), so I'm pretty calm. but notifications are still a problem).
I don't agree with you. so far Signal is the most mature and feature-rich messenger of the rest. yes, it provides privacy, not anonymity. but all new people are used to the algorithm of adding people, unlike SimpleX, Matrix, etc.
I know and use Signal to communicate with family/friend. but everyone at work uses telegram, I can't give them all an ultimatum to switch to Signal
"Signal only uses FCM to wake up the Android app if there are new messages waiting on the Signal server and the app isn't connected to it. Signal does not include any information in these notifications, encrypted or otherwise, so Google can only infer that your device has something queued on Signal's servers." I was wondering if a similar system has been implemented in telegram?
How do notifications work in the official Telegram Android app (Play Store vs Site version maybe)? Does it have the same mechanism as Signal, which only recognizes the presence of notifications via Google services, but sends them via its web socket service?
Create posts myself from Liftoff app. Do not have that choice (problem) at all 😊
[Saved before deleting from Reddit] This post is based on Reddit post but adopted to my experience. ROM will be able to pass BASIC SafetyNet Attestation: working most(~95% as of now) banking apps, Google Pay; Google Contants Cloud Sync will work as expected; applications that do not support Magisk overlays will still work. For me, this is a 100% working setup. I use LineageOS myself in this form and am completely satisfied.
There are several ways to get LineageOS to your device. First: official, without pre-installed microG and GApps. Second: unofficial, but with a built-in microG out of the box. My instruction is written based on the first type of builds. LineageOS for microG is a wonderful project, but I needed Play Store so that applications would not have problems with license verifications (Repainter, KWGT, for example, do not work if there is no Play Store). And on the second type of builds, it is not possible to install Play Store, since there is a hard-coded FakeStore, which you will not be able to delete or overwrite with Play Store, I tried for a long time in many ways.
Guide:
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Root with Magisk, enable Zygisk and DenyList in its options;
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Install Zygisk - LSPosed Magisk module. Get latest MinMicroG release here (version from 16 Jan 2023 on my device) (choose edition yourself, Standard edition if you want to have exact my setup). Flash it in TWRP and reboot into system;
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Install FakeGApps apk. Install Displax forked SafetyNet Fix Magisk module this version (2.4 version can't pass CTS);
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Install microG apk accordingly to version of MinMicroG (0.2.27.223616 accordingly to the MinMicroG version on my device) (update existing apk installed from TWRP, needed because else microG settings would crash because of SafetyNetFix, also you can't grant all permissions to microG);
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Grant all permissions to microG in its settings. To grant GPS in background permission, enable GPS once and go into microG settings;
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Hide Magisk through its settings, give it whatever name you want. Also in DenyList, check banking applications, GPay.
