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Thought on Graphene? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello, making this post to get some honest, and technical opinions about GrapheneOS. Please do not be bother by this question. No drama here pls 🙏. I've heard that there is some of the google code into the "sandbox" feature. Say your opinion below! 👇👇

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[–] electro1@infosec.pub 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

it couldn't be as degoogled as LOS because LOS is vanilla

This is about to change since LOS are about to include MicroG by default in future releases.. Or so I heard from some Mastodon users who shared screenshots about an LOS update that installed MicroG

GOS is private and secure more than any other ROM, but once you install the Unprivileged play store you lose some of that privacy while retaining security, MicroG is private but not as secure

Still it's a shame that LOS can't find a better supporter than Google

Wdym?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is about to change since LOS are about to include MicroG by default in future releases

Should I bet all my savings this isn't gonna happen? Just don't trust unverified rumors and never ever spread them as the truth.

more than any other ROM

ROMs without network support.

Wdym?

I believe LOS uses Google stuff because they get money for doing it, especially for making it the default search engine in the default browser.

[–] electro1@infosec.pub 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

never ever spread them as the truth.

How did you know it's not the truth...because I implied it wasn't.. and I don't see it as something that couldn't happen, people asked for MicroG support for years..

ROMs without network support.

I'm not a huge fan of trolling

because they get money for doing it,

I can tell you no Open source ROM gets funds by Google, unless if it's a program... For example GOS received many rewards for discovering vulnerabilities in AOSP

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How did you know it's not the truth...because I implied it wasn't.. and I don't see it as something that couldn't happen, people asked for MicroG support for years..

Sorry but this sounds like you're defending yourself because you know you spread rumors or maybe even complete misinformation.

I'm not a huge fan of trolling

There was no trolling. You said it's the best ROM for security. I told you of a better one. Saying "best ROM for security" was more of an act of trolling than my response.

I can tell you no Open source ROM gets funds by Google, unless if it's a program...

Idk. I heard that Lineage receives money from Google so I said that but, in contrary to you, I didn't say that I'm sure of it. I just said "I believe it's the case".