Firewalls are a great way to tell if new apps are secrely installed
Btw what is the key verifier thing?
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So glad I moved to GrapheneOS last month.
Got myself a Pixel 9 pro just to go Graphene… Sold my s24 ultra
I already have a pixel. Is it just as easy as installing Lineage OS on the phone?
Yes, perhaps even easier if you use a Chromium based browser with their WebUSB installer.
Yeah I’m super keen, but my lower-tier Samsung isn’t supported. I really wish FairPhone would offer a cheaper option :(
Does lichess work on graphene os? How is compatibility with classic stuff line firefox, signal, …?
I play Lichess on my GrapheneOS Pixel6a, works well. Same with Signal, Firefox with several mobile browser extensions.
Bitwarden, NewPipe, Tailscale, Duolingo, Uber, Discord, Matrix Element, all the Proton mobile apps, Backblaze, etc etc.
Pretty much every app I try works flawlessly. On rare occasion I’ll experience minor bugs, and twice I’ve had to use GOS’s extra privilege mode to get an app to work.
Overall, Love GrapheneOS and I’ll use them as long as they are around and making an awesome alternative to Google’s garbage.
Thanks!
Is graphene available on Xiaomi phones?
I had zero problems with either FF or Signal after the first weeks though I migrated over to Fennec and Molly as alternatives since then. Sorry, I can’t help with lichess though I can say that my nonograms work fine. =P
Yeah, what is the key verifier thing? It’s not like it’s Windows and needs a purchased license key, right?
It’s for E2E encryption in chat apps.
Bit out of the loop. What am I looking at?
Google is automatically installing an app on you phone that analyzes your media „to prevent you accidentally viewing nudes”
Phew, I’m always terrified of that. It won’t affect my gore folders, will it?
Videos of mass murders ✅️
A tiny glimpse of a woman’s breast ❌️
Just as American Jesus™ would have wanted.
Google’s secret app that scans your photos for CSAM, but my firewall is configured to autoblock newly installed apps from internet access, thus the notification alerting me an app is trying to access the internet.
Nothing about the app is secret, Google openly advertises it
These are usually installed as core Google apps on Android, and most flavours have them hidden since they’re really just background daemons/libraries.
Gf had the same happen on her Huawei P30 which clearly wasn’t set up to have the apps hidden by default.
If youre degoogling obvs not what you wanna have on your device but technically they shouldn’t be doing much on their own.
I’ll he RethinkDNS for its firewall. It took me a while to work out how to use it (not very skillful at these things), but ever since, I’ve felt much safer. Rightly or wrongly
