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GrapheneOS Whatsapp (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 hours ago by galileopie@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I download the apk file from Whatsapp website to install in GrapheneOS, and I've noticed that notifications for messages are very delayed from 15 minutes to no notifications at all until I turn on phone screen and then all of the messages come through. Is there other Whatsapp users with similar issues with functionality?

Signal functions good but there have been times of small delays with messages coming through to get a notification.

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[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

WhatsApp uses Google push notification service which is not available on GrapheneOS. Try to disable all battery restrictions for the app so it can check for notifications by itself but idk if it'll work still.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Google push notifications are available on GrapheneOS - just have to install Google Play Services. Their sandboxed version of google's junk is nice because you can fully restrict permissions to it unlike stock Android.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Are push notifications even coming to Graphene? I was under the impression they're inherently insecure and are the modern way the NSA watches all our text activity...

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it's in google services which you can turn on, personally think that waters down the point of Graphene if you leave that on, to the point of pointlessness, but some countries seem to live on whatsapp, more's the pity.

[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 3 points 1 hour ago

I think we're moving to a world where you need a secure device you own and a sucker device a megacorp sees all on to get by, which sucks