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  • featured@lemmygrad.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.mlThought on Graphene?
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    2 days ago

    its open source and well audited, so no I don't think they have it backdoored. they get all the info they want from people using google play services at a privileged level, running chrome, and using their other dozen services that come bundled with stock android





  • There are many AOSP-based projects which are entirely open source and without Google's trackers/malware. I personally use GrapheneOS, which is security and privacy focused with lots of kernel hardening and exploit mitigation out of the box. It also allows you to run Google Play services if you wish, but isolated using Android's sandboxing as if it were any other app, preventing it from collecting data in the background as it does on stock Android. I personally do use Google Play on my device for apps exclusive to it, but isolated in a work profile using Shelter so there is another layer of isolation and a kill switch for the google services. Other than that I use F-Droid for my daily use applications.

    If you can't run GrapheneOS on your hardware, I recommend DivestOS. This is a fork of the open source LineageOS, but implementing a slew of privacy and security patches, many developed by the Divest team but also some lifted from GrapheneOS. Because it is a fork of LineageOS, DivestOS has support for almost all of the same hardware.

    Other than those two, there are projects like iodeOS and LineageOS itself.

    E: Removed an additional suggestion due to issues posted by another commenter


  • Free and open source software is essential to a healthy tech space. It decommodifies technology and creates an alternate digital space outside of the big-tech capitalist's hands. Stallman's contributions toward this space cannot be denied and I appreciate those efforts. He is a bit dogmatic about how he approaches free software though and that doesn't help the space. However the man himself is a piece of shit outside of tech, through and through. He has defended all manner of sexism, harassment, SA, racism, etc. Just seems like some bigoted libertarian creep to me and he should not be revered even if his work in free software has materially benefited the world.