Hacker News: AlgebraFox

New comment by AlgebraFox in "Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users"

AlgebraFox — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 03:53:45 +0000

Faster than Google. Literally.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46173407

New comment by AlgebraFox in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"

AlgebraFox — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:45:03 +0000

This is the correct response. I use both GrapheneOS and LineageOS. But LineageOS focus is on delivering newer versions of Android to many phones abandoned by their OEM. GOS exclusively focuses on security and privacy. If you want a reasonably secure phone but don't want Google or Apple inside your device, your best bet is GOS.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"

AlgebraFox — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:43:29 +0000

Yes. They've parterned with an OEM. In fact, they are making an official GOS phone with that OEM.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "I tried to build a WhatsApp bot. Meta banned me before it left the drawing board"

AlgebraFox — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:14:07 +0000

Atleast you were trying to poke around their APIs. My WhatsApp account was banned totally for no reason. They blocked my two year old account for the only possible reason of using GrapheneOS. This company deserves to die.

A temporary victory – but we still need to stop Chat Control

AlgebraFox — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:10:18 +0000

Article URL: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/an-important-victory-but-we-still-need-to-stop-chat-control

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46060534

Points: 99

# Comments: 9

New comment by AlgebraFox in "France is taking state actions against GrapheneOS?"

AlgebraFox — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:07:15 +0000

It's true with Indian journalists. You say one thing and they twist it the other way around.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "Your smartphone, their rules: App stores enable corporate-government censorship"

AlgebraFox — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:50:07 +0000

What about when Google pushed Android Safety Core to all Android devices out there?

And you also realize they can push modified build of any apps, now that they also own the keys to sign the apps?

New comment by AlgebraFox in "Your smartphone, their rules: App stores enable corporate-government censorship"

AlgebraFox — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:30:20 +0000

While censorship is one thing, they forgot another overlooked ability of these app stores: pushing unwanted apps/services to our personal devices without our knowledge.The fact that the majority of people don’t care about this censorship and backdoors makes me think we don’t really appreciate the concept of freedom, and maybe we are okay with being slaves—at least until we cannot take it anymore. Maybe that’s why history repeats itself every few decades to remind us about these values.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "The disguised return of EU Chat Control"

AlgebraFox — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 08:52:25 +0000

No. Signal will pull out their services from EU. Nobody will be able to download or access Signal.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "[dead]"

AlgebraFox — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:11:48 +0000

Apple and Google dominates the entire smartphone market today. They are ad companies running on surveillance economy. In addition, their platforms are proprietary, privacy invading and freedom disrespecting.

GrapheneOS is the only security and privacy focused alternative we have today. Please support GrapheneOS by nominating them in the 2025 Proton Lifetime Fundraiser.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "Australia Mandates Encryption Backdoors"

AlgebraFox — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:18:22 +0000

So at any point in time, atleast one government pushes for encryption backdoors. I can't wait to see the faces of these morons when the backdoor backfires on their own government secrets.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking"

AlgebraFox — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 03:59:47 +0000

I am sure that will cause a lot of trouble in many countries. How hard is it to click Record button for the important calls? I don't think a small project like GrapheneOS should spend time on every small request users want.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "Keep Android Open"

AlgebraFox — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:31:00 +0000

Why do you need attesation? Why do you think Google should own that device and not the user?

New comment by AlgebraFox in "What we talk about when we talk about sideloading"

AlgebraFox — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:31:20 +0000

> as they'll detect your root

A small clarification, neither GrapheneOS or LineageOS runs as root. Rooting is different from "installing an alternate OS".

New comment by AlgebraFox in "What we talk about when we talk about sideloading"

AlgebraFox — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:03:54 +0000

Instead it would be great if you join the fight against Google (and Apple) by using FOSS and independent distributions like GrapheneOS. It is the most secure and private option we have today. Most apps work as it is except a few those who purposefully use Google Play Integrity API to block independent platforms.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "My WhatsApp account was banned for no reason"

AlgebraFox — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 07:24:37 +0000

No. Maybe a couple of messages every week to known people.

My WhatsApp account was banned for no reason

AlgebraFox — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 10:45:05 +0000

I unfortunately have to use WhatsApp in my country to meet basic needs. I used my account for almost two years, and suddenly it was blocked a few days ago. I submitted a review saying it must be a mistake, and then they unblocked my account with a 30‑day restriction that prevents me from initiating new chats. After three days, when I started a conversation with an “existing” business contact, my account was blocked again. The reason given was that my account was sending “spam.” It’s ironic because I’m the person who sends the fewest messages to anyone on WhatsApp.

I don’t care that a private company blocked me. What bothers me is that they have turned themselves into a centralized messaging monopoly where no one can leave the network. If users leave the network or get banned, their lives are disrupted for months.

I assume my ban might be because I’m using GrapheneOS. Is anyone else seeing a random ban on their WhatsApp account?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45702769

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by AlgebraFox in "IPv6 adoption just shy of 50%; 49.76% on 26th July"

AlgebraFox — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:19:22 +0000

Reports say IPv6 is gaining market share. But most ISPs are delegating /64 prefix. This is as useless as carrier grade NAT. Atleast with IPv4, I can create NATed subnets for guests, IoT devices etc. That's not possible with IPv6.

Overall it's a negative progress. Worse than IPv4+NAT.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "ChatControl: EU wants to scan all private messages, even in encrypted apps"

AlgebraFox — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:00:39 +0000

This. ChatControl proposal is an act of terrorism. Doesn't matter it's done by those in power.

New comment by AlgebraFox in "YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers"

AlgebraFox — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:02:09 +0000

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