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  • for the non existent support of Fairphone devices.

    There is a good reason they dont do that. The Fairphone is a real piece of shit from a security (or even a consumer) standpoint, especially because no single phone from the got more than 2 Android versions, and even then they are just months to Years behind(ert) on security updates. The Grapheneos team has a sctrict set of minimums a phone should provide in order not to mislead users by branding an insecure OS with a name associated with security.

    GrapheneOS only used Pixel until now was because they a) didn’t have to reverse engeneer that shit and b) it had a few rare security features.

    And now that they have to work a lot more to make their OS work, it is a really stupid idea to demand support for an inferior product which they would rule out by default.

    But for now, Ill just keep wondering when the EU will Sue Fairphone into bankruptcy for not even obeying the minimum support period




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    collect your name, social security number, address, or other personal information.

    At least where I live there are laws to collect this info. Is it not regulated in Murica?

    We secure your account against SIM swaps…with modern cryptography protocols.

    This just dosent make ANY sense. Sim swaps are done via social engeneering.

    proprietary signaling protection

    If they wanted to be private, it would be Open source.

    Voicemails can hold sensitive information like 2FA codes.

    Since when do people send 2fa codes via voicemail? The fuck? Just use signal.

    U.S. Army and worked for Palantir.

    Me smell honey

    Also, they DO collect your Credit card data. Not they themselves, but Stripe. So Stripe knows every detail about you.




  • Does this function similar to a “Private Space” on newer Android or “Secure Folder” on Samsung?

    No. Unlike those, you dont have to unlock the app nd use them, the sandbox is just a normal apk but it dosent allow gservices root access and blocks most telemetry, leaving only the necessary APIs

    If you want a total user sandbox, you create another user and install gservices there.

    Are there problems with OTP in this environment?

    There are like 30 ways to send/generate an OTP.



  • But if you need to pay for a „Media Flatrate“ anyway, and you have those 5€ a month, why not spend it for a good cause?

    (Also PIA and nord cost 12€ a month unless you sign their predatory 2 year contracts [which are even then just like 1€ per month cheaper], so mullvad is just way better in that regard too)

    Also features like UDPoTCP let you bypass local network restrictions, and the ability to pay with cash and Crypto is great if you dont want want to/ cant use paypal or a bank account for any reason








  • but it will always be far less aggressive about it than Google

    Whataboutism. Browser advertises itself as privacy respecting, yet builds on a non Privacy respecting OS. If they really wanted to protect the user, they would be open source, (at least the methods of protecting the user from tracking) firefox based and availible for linux and Android FOSS, similar to everything else (Firefox, Molly, Signal, etc). My whole Comment was about how they advertise themselves as Private, yet fail to address the most basic privacy concerns, essentially being an oxymoron. This was not about „which OS is less evil“ but „why did they not opt for the not at all evil?“

    Android also runs Google play services

    False. AOSP does not have Gservices, and has enough forks for hardware (Linaege, Graphene, Calyx, /e/)

    Both OS suck big time

    See my point about AOSP.

    I know the post was about Apple

    So you just posted some random comment just because?

    and I was pointing out that android is likely worse for privacy

    Also false, see my Point about AOSP.