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New comment by ninjasmosa in "Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP"

ninjasmosa — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 23:58:35 +0000

I believe GrapheneOS talked about hosting their own unifiedpush server and baking it into the OS not long ago

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

ninjasmosa — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:58:04 +0000

The hide your ip address feature routes your traffic through Tor: https://doc.e.foundation/support-topics/advanced_privacy#hid...

You can do this on any other android device using an app like Orbot or Tor VPN beta

New comment by ninjasmosa in "Setting up phones is a nightmare"

ninjasmosa — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:15:05 +0000

You still get much better privacy with GrapheneOS even if you install Google apps since they are sandboxed; they don't have access to unique device identifiers and you can control what Google can access by adjusting its permissions, as opposed to having full reign to do whatever it wants. Also you don't have to use all the Google apps, plenty of open source and/or privacy respecting alternatives out there. Pixel Camera only needs Google Photos for the photo previewer, everything else works without it or you can install gcam services provider to use any gallery you want

New comment by ninjasmosa in "F-Droid Board of Directors nominations 2026"

ninjasmosa — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:42:16 +0000

The outlook app works for me on GrapheneOS, is there something about it that doesn't work for you?

Many banking apps do work on GrapheneOS, the list had already been linked to by others