Hello, making this post to get some honest, and technical opinions about GrapheneOS. Please do not be bother by this question. No drama here pls 🙏. I’ve heard that there is some of the google code into the “sandbox” feature. Say your opinion below! 👇👇

  • GolfNovemberUniform
    42·
    5 months ago

    What I meant by a “middleground” is that GOS has gapps, even though they are sandboxed. There is no way it can be more degoogled than LOS or any other fully vanilla ROM that’s actually degoogled.

    • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
      31·
      5 months ago

      That’s also not accurate, GOS comes fully degoogled, and doesn’t include any GAPPS or Google Play services, you have to install them yourself if you want compatibility with Google Apps or some banking apps

      even though they are sandboxed. There is no way it can be more degoogled than LOS

      That’s just false, even LOS isn’t fully degoogled and it still connects to Google in the background for necessary connectivity checks ( e.g. DNS ) and Esim activation for example

      • GolfNovemberUniform
        11·
        5 months ago

        Oh ok then. If it has a vanilla version then it is degoogled and can be more degoogled than LOS. What I meant was if GOS was microg only, it couldn’t be as degoogled as LOS because LOS is vanilla. Still it’s a shame that LOS can’t find a better supporter than Google.

        • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
          2·
          5 months ago

          it couldn’t be as degoogled as LOS because LOS is vanilla

          This is about to change since LOS are about to include MicroG by default in future releases… Or so I heard from some Mastodon users who shared screenshots about an LOS update that installed MicroG

          GOS is private and secure more than any other ROM, but once you install the Unprivileged play store you lose some of that privacy while retaining security, MicroG is private but not as secure

          Still it’s a shame that LOS can’t find a better supporter than Google

          Wdym?

          • GolfNovemberUniform
            1·
            5 months ago

            This is about to change since LOS are about to include MicroG by default in future releases

            Should I bet all my savings this isn’t gonna happen? Just don’t trust unverified rumors and never ever spread them as the truth.

            more than any other ROM

            ROMs without network support.

            Wdym?

            I believe LOS uses Google stuff because they get money for doing it, especially for making it the default search engine in the default browser.

            • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
              1·
              5 months ago

              never ever spread them as the truth.

              How did you know it’s not the truth…because I implied it wasn’t… and I don’t see it as something that couldn’t happen, people asked for MicroG support for years…

              ROMs without network support.

              I’m not a huge fan of trolling

              because they get money for doing it,

              I can tell you no Open source ROM gets funds by Google, unless if it’s a program… For example GOS received many rewards for discovering vulnerabilities in AOSP

              • GolfNovemberUniform
                11·
                5 months ago

                How did you know it’s not the truth…because I implied it wasn’t… and I don’t see it as something that couldn’t happen, people asked for MicroG support for years…

                Sorry but this sounds like you’re defending yourself because you know you spread rumors or maybe even complete misinformation.

                I’m not a huge fan of trolling

                There was no trolling. You said it’s the best ROM for security. I told you of a better one. Saying “best ROM for security” was more of an act of trolling than my response.

                I can tell you no Open source ROM gets funds by Google, unless if it’s a program…

                Idk. I heard that Lineage receives money from Google so I said that but, in contrary to you, I didn’t say that I’m sure of it. I just said “I believe it’s the case”.