I’ll just add that www.weather.gov is better to use since it’s completely ad free and where almost all of the other weather websites pull their data from anyway (if you’re in the US, that is).
@SaltyIceteaMaker I installed miniflux, a rss reader, on it. Sadly android constantly kills the internet connecting when the screen turns off, so I can't use it as a server to access it from my other devices. I have tried everything I could find to prevent that from happening.
If your device has an AMOLED screen it should be basically the same as having the screen turned off. You could just disable the screen timeout and use FakeStandby to turn off all the pixels without actually “turning off” the screen
Im gonna be honest i really don’t care about that. There is no sensitive data on my phone except maybe social media logins and i have a recent backup so🤷
@SomeBoyo What "long term support"? Official GrapheneOS releases for a device end when the official Android support ends because they don't support hardware where the firmware is not updated anymore. Or did that change recently?
@SomeBoyo Yeah that's the normal devices guarantee you also get with normal android on pixel devices. So in terms of longevity GrapheneOS doesn't offer any advantages. There are other advantages of course.
Odd choice to use GrapheneOS if you don’t care about security
Not really. People’s threat models differ, some just want to escape Google’s spyware without also requiring your device be a portable iron mountain. Some may also just want the additional control GrapheneOS provides for restricting permissions of apps, or their unique play store handling etc.
GrapheneOS has a ton of positives besides its security IMO.
For me it’s just a little saddening that their secure focus conflicts with extending the life of mobile devices. Although really that’s something that probably won’t change unless we get a truly open source mobile platform, with firmware development out in the open.
that’s fair I suppose, I wasn’t saying not to use it, just that it is worth noting. these strict security policies are what makes mobile platforms much more secure than desktop platforms. I typically use my phone for security sensitive tasks because of this, so I tend to care a lot more about this stuff. if you have any banking info or password managers stored on the device, be careful.
I’ll admit, it is pretty unlikely anything to happen, though. always just better knowing.
It targets that because those old “insecure” SDKs allows people to use their system as something that isn’t a toy. Newer sdk versions refuse to run code that wasn’t included in the apk
Mobile platforms like android and iOS (more specifically GrapheneOS), are leagues ahead of desktop operating systems in terms of security because of these strict policies. and besides, you are treating untrusted code as untrusted code. I don’t see the flaw in that logic.
sure, they could use more apis for accessing system directories and stuff like that securely, but that’s not really in scope. this is for end users. not field deployment on an sbc for something.
@SaltyIceteaMaker I think you can use bash scripts and combine that with termux-widget addon to do some amazing stuff. I wrote a script around ytfzf to search and download YouTube videos using termux-dialog addon.
All of the above. Phone call, sms photo video. Everything. You can also just install corresponding apps from the playstore or any other store. It’s basically stock android but with more granular control over permissions, and with sandboxed google services
Don’t use fast food apps, their only and sole purpose is to collect your data.
The McD app doesn’t run on Graphene because it can’t get info to sell off so it can fund the discounts you get from using the app.
That’s the economics of it. Your data gets sold at 100% value, you get discounts worth 60% of that value, they pocket the difference.
On another note, be careful of any loyalty program these days, even if it’s not digital. They use it to track exactly what you buy and at which location, e.g. grocery stores, and give you discounts in exchange. Sometimes it’s just for inventory and stock management, but some less scrupulous companies will sell off your consumer data for an extra buck, especially if you tied a name or address to your loyalty program membership.
Then there is the story of the guy who went several years on a grocery store loyalty card. One day he slipped and fell from a spill on the floor. When he spoke up about his injuries the store’s lawyer said “We see in your loyalty record you buy a lot of alcohol, were you drunk that day?” Just a story I read- might not be true, but it could be.
Luckily i never had to use them for school as my government recognized thier insecurities, and i prob won’t need to use them for my job as i am a mechanic (albeit for construction machinery)
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