I wouldn’t use Graphene OS personally since they refuse to accept negative press or the fact there may be alternatives. It is all about Graphene OS and how Graphene OS is grand. Don’t you dare criticize or use your device in a way they don’t endorce. I’m not even sure they would be willing to admit if there was a serious flaw in Graphene OS.
With that being said, I think Linux and AOSP have made a lot of progress in the right direction. Just because I don’t like the Graphene OS team doesn’t mean that some of there techniques can’t be applied outside of Graphene OS. Android and the Linux kernel have bith seen significant improvements in security.
Graphene OS will not work for everyone. It also only supports a handful devices even thought there are other devices that support bootloader relocking. Graphene has decided to instead frame everything that isn’t a Pixel running Graphene as universally bad.
News to me… i hope he is still around doing the hard work. Dude clearly is paranoid enough to sniff out Android better than the Mega Corp that released it lol
But he was not good at PR. He should be posting under anon account if at all haha
The product is strong and I don’t need to like the guy.
I really don’t like how Graphene users will hate all over MicroG. MicroG is a great project but there are so many misconceptions that were started by the Graphene OS core team.
I agree. It’s actually why I chose CalyxOS. The CalyxOS users and team will suggest a degoogled aosp depending on the posture you provide them, while the grapheneos team and users tend to only ever suggest grapheneos. It feels a lot like the Mac fans of the past. I wasn’t diggin it.
As another user stated in reply to you earlier, this is debatable. Debating does not equal hate, I used to use MicroG a ton (I was a CalyxOS/LineageOS user before). But, you must acknowledge that MicroG still communicates with Google, and you can’t disable this at the OS level. That’s the primary benefit of sandboxed Google Play - you can take away full access and many apps will continue to function, and on top of that, the sandboxing layer ensures that the rest of your phone is secure.
MicroG is fine, it’s great, even. But it’s not infallible, and depending on your threat model, that’s something to at least consider.
Can you explain more about how it’s a trap, though? This is an open source project that you can build yourself.
How do you configure it to do that, then? Because calyx’s docs only say that it’s either disabled, enabled without a Google account, or fully enabled. The last two send some data to Google regardless. I’m genuinely asking, because this is the main reason why I left Calyx for Graphene. I saw my phone hitting Google services when I wasn’t even using it. Graphene lets me disable network for apps entirely, something that wasn’t a thing for Calyx either (at the time).
Does Calyx allow you to disable your USB port as well?
Also, I’m still curious about what you said earlier about GrapheneOS being a ‘trap’. Can you elaborate?
I wouldn’t use Graphene OS personally since they refuse to accept negative press or the fact there may be alternatives. It is all about Graphene OS and how Graphene OS is grand. Don’t you dare criticize or use your device in a way they don’t endorce. I’m not even sure they would be willing to admit if there was a serious flaw in Graphene OS.
With that being said, I think Linux and AOSP have made a lot of progress in the right direction. Just because I don’t like the Graphene OS team doesn’t mean that some of there techniques can’t be applied outside of Graphene OS. Android and the Linux kernel have bith seen significant improvements in security.
Graphene OS will not work for everyone. It also only supports a handful devices even thought there are other devices that support bootloader relocking. Graphene has decided to instead frame everything that isn’t a Pixel running Graphene as universally bad.
Graphene OS ex main leader stepped down as he was getting death treats and was struggling with some mental problems
PS: info might not be entirely true
News to me… i hope he is still around doing the hard work. Dude clearly is paranoid enough to sniff out Android better than the Mega Corp that released it lol
But he was not good at PR. He should be posting under anon account if at all haha
The product is strong and I don’t need to like the guy.
Don’t think he’s been around for awhile.
He is still involved but I would also like to point out that the problem is more than just him.
That’s the one gripe I have with them; not only do they do that, they actively shame users for daring to root their phones.
I’m strongly considering Calyx OS for my own Pixel 9 Pro
Lol the downvotes kind of prove your point innit
I really don’t like how Graphene users will hate all over MicroG. MicroG is a great project but there are so many misconceptions that were started by the Graphene OS core team.
Honestly Graphene OS feels like a trap.
I agree. It’s actually why I chose CalyxOS. The CalyxOS users and team will suggest a degoogled aosp depending on the posture you provide them, while the grapheneos team and users tend to only ever suggest grapheneos. It feels a lot like the Mac fans of the past. I wasn’t diggin it.
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As another user stated in reply to you earlier, this is debatable. Debating does not equal hate, I used to use MicroG a ton (I was a CalyxOS/LineageOS user before). But, you must acknowledge that MicroG still communicates with Google, and you can’t disable this at the OS level. That’s the primary benefit of sandboxed Google Play - you can take away full access and many apps will continue to function, and on top of that, the sandboxing layer ensures that the rest of your phone is secure.
MicroG is fine, it’s great, even. But it’s not infallible, and depending on your threat model, that’s something to at least consider.
Can you explain more about how it’s a trap, though? This is an open source project that you can build yourself.
MicroG only communicates with Google if you tell it to. It is very configurable and you can configure and customize it to your likening.
How do you configure it to do that, then? Because calyx’s docs only say that it’s either disabled, enabled without a Google account, or fully enabled. The last two send some data to Google regardless. I’m genuinely asking, because this is the main reason why I left Calyx for Graphene. I saw my phone hitting Google services when I wasn’t even using it. Graphene lets me disable network for apps entirely, something that wasn’t a thing for Calyx either (at the time).
Does Calyx allow you to disable your USB port as well?
Also, I’m still curious about what you said earlier about GrapheneOS being a ‘trap’. Can you elaborate?