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New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

Itoldmyselfso — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:22:06 +0000

Motorola devices that match the GrapheneOS requirements are coming next year. It's good thing they're not compromising on hardware requirements that would undermine the goals of the project. If there's anyone to blame it's the dismal state of affairs on the hardware security side of my most Android phone manufacturers.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "The buns in McDonald's Japan's burger photos are all slightly askew"

Itoldmyselfso — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:00:55 +0000

Their app also blocks the use of it on GrapheneOS, for no proper reason.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away"

Itoldmyselfso — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:10:33 +0000

Agreed. Sandboxed Google play really is the non-tinkerer's approach on GOS, including for Android Auto.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban"

Itoldmyselfso — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:21:01 +0000

Fox news, the biggest mass media in US by far, doesn't seem to drive this narrative

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone without requiring personal information"

Itoldmyselfso — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:26:38 +0000

https://privsec.dev/posts/android/banking-applications-compa...

So far it has only gotten better over time, so risk seems minor if your bank is listed as supported.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Amazon is holding a mandatory meeting about AI breaking its systems"

Itoldmyselfso — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:18:01 +0000

Are you behind finnish IP? The site owner decided to ban all Finnish IPs due to a dispute with Finnish person who doesn't even seem to be living there. Also they DDoSed their blog leading to archive.is being banned from wikipedia

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable"

Itoldmyselfso — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:52:40 +0000

Pixel camera app is fully supported by GOS, you just install it from Play store (or from other sources). If you don't have Google Photos installed the last photo preview won't work, but you can install a 'shim' app that fixes it without need for Photos app: https://github.com/lukaspieper/Gcam-Services-Provider

https://grapheneos.org/usage#pixel-camera

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable"

Itoldmyselfso — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:38:38 +0000

Sandboxed Google Play receives no special access at all, so you can deny it all permissions if you want, but you should grant network (and maybe notifications) permission for it to actually function.

https://grapheneos.org/features#sandboxed-google-play

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Porn depicting sex between step-relatives set to be banned in the UK"

Itoldmyselfso — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:58:06 +0000

The claim that it actually has any measurable effect on the collective health and well-being currently lacks any proof besides "intuition".

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem"

Itoldmyselfso — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:39 +0000

Motorola just made a deal with GrapheneOS, so I'd vager they're going to be around for longer on that basis alone.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem"

Itoldmyselfso — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:59:28 +0000

It is an entirely realistic scenario which afaik data backs up that most people don't change their default privacy related settings which Google profits from, but in case of actually setting their provided privacy settings ON, they do work.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled” mobile ecosystem"

Itoldmyselfso — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:54:13 +0000

You can buy used Pixel, effectively not giving money to Google, or buy a Motorola when their GOS phone is released

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Block the “Upgrade to Tahoe” alerts"

Itoldmyselfso — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:00:49 +0000

I also accidentally upgraded due dark pattern of auto-selecting Sequoia instead of update for Sonoma. Now my external monitor won't wake up when waking my macbook from sleep (in clamshell mode, lid always closed). Nothing fixes it, beyond infuriating.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

Itoldmyselfso — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 23:16:37 +0000

The attack was reportedly timed for a surprise attack on Iranian leaders who happened to be in the same location at this time. They even attacked during the daytime for a risky surprise attack. To suggest the attack had anything to do with the holiday is beyond ridiculous. Also ridiculous to think they would intentionally attack a random school.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Writing code is cheap now"

Itoldmyselfso — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:34:02 +0000

Points at the public sector

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements"

Itoldmyselfso — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:06:35 +0000

Much of the content online is already AI generated, and many websites have their code AI generated, so you'd soon be left with nothing but blank pages. :)

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

Itoldmyselfso — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:36:01 +0000

You are not independent from Google if you purchase an android device from another manufacturer. You're then having your data sent to both Google and that manufacturer, resulting in far worse privacy overall than with just Google, not to mention worse security at hardware level. If you don't want to "support" Google, just buy any used Pixel 6 to 10 series.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "I’m joining OpenAI"

Itoldmyselfso — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 23:33:07 +0000

It was a legally mandated court order they couldn't just refuse. No encrypted data, the contents of their emails, was handed over. The person would've also been safe had they used vpn/tor as I recall the story.

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot"

Itoldmyselfso — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:53:08 +0000

It's easy to say this in hindsight

New comment by Itoldmyselfso in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

Itoldmyselfso — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:43:24 +0000

Secure folder uses or is in the process of starting to use Android native feature private space, which is available on all Android 15 phones.