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[–] Dhar@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago

That settles it for me, I'm installing it right away.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 6 days ago

No better recommendation than cops hate it

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

if stock android was safe for everybody to use, then they'd be using that. blame google, not the criminals or graphine

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 6 days ago

a lot of non-criminals do too... what's their point? /s

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Why would I listen to the words of criminals?

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 1 points 6 days ago

I miss the Michael Bazzell podcast.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 116 points 1 week ago

If cops don't like it, it must be good!

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yeah, but you cant trust anything any police officer tells you.

they are liars by policy and anti-intellectual by culture.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Had a friend apply, he passed the test but didn't get hired because he scored too well in certain areas (he's too independent a thinker).

Would've been a very good cop, doesn't react to being goaded, or to stresses, great negotiator, physically in great shape and a big dude.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

He should do it again, maybe in a Town over or something and answer all the questions "wrong" lmao

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 10 points 1 week ago

police in general dont like to hire people with significant education or too "smart".

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I run GrapheneOS because it gives me full control over what my phone does and gives me the ability to restrict access to anything on all applications or uninstall any application I don't want on my phone even if it causes some functionalities to break.

This is how all devices should be by default.

Had lawmakers gotten their heads out of their asses and made actually having control over a device that you own like this a legal requirement for all devices, I wouldn't need to be using GrapheneOS.

[–] PrejudicedKettle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm considering switching too, I'm tired of feeling helpless.

Out of curiosity, have you had a lot of encounters with apps that won't run because of play integrity? If so, have you managed to work around them in any way?

[–] shamelessw@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

you can install sandboxed play services for those apps. i created a separate user profile that has it installed for the apps that need it. By creating a separate profile, you isolate all the apps installed on that profile and they don't have access to the data on your main profile

[–] PrejudicedKettle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

oh wow, that's a really handy feature, I'm feeling a lot more confident that I should switch, now. Thanks!!

[–] shamelessw@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

it's super simple to install. the hardest thing for you will be to get used to go through more setps to do normal tasks due to the multiple profiles you can create. i recomment you create a profile for banking, one for social stuff, one for google stuff and one for web browsing. the more you isolate each task, the more control you have over your data

[–] PrejudicedKettle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

awesome! thats all perfectly fine by me, I like to keep things organized

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

My banking app. It has been years since I last checked if it works, maybe it works now but I don't care. I just use the browser to do my banking.

[–] PrejudicedKettle@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

ah, I had a feeling it'd be like this. Honestly, so long as there's a workaround (such as using my web browser), I'm still happy to switch to something like Graphene.

Thanks!

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

I haven't tried Graphene, but I think I did get my banking app working on my backup phone running EvolutionX or something. I forgot the name of the ROM. 3-4 years ago when it was my main phone running Lineage, the banking app didn't work and then they messed up the stock ROM with Android 12, I just straight up gave up on Android and moved to iOS. Now Graphene is starting to sound better by the day, but I've since started using a banking app that outright blocks GrapheneOS -.- Suppose there's no way to get around having two phones if I want privacy AND support for all the apps I use.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I have a little rinky dink credit union that only has a few locations locally, I got there's to work. I even got cash app (the most problematic) to work, zelle works through my bank app, venmo works, everything works. You may have to do a setting workaround for your app that allows Google to be unsandboxed for that app only, or at least that is my understanding of what it's doing.

If I remember right, it was this setting that finally made cash app work, I'm pretty sure my banking app just worked, but if I remember right, that hasn't always been the case.

@PrejudicedKettle@lemmy.world

[–] PrejudicedKettle@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

wow, that's a lot better than I thought! thanks!

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 week ago

If you can't manage the software on your phone, do you really own your phone?

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m not a criminal, don’t pirate things, don’t have really anything more to hide than anyone does

But I like privacy, I like having some level of trust in my own device to not be sending my information to both my government and foreign ones.

It has nothing to do with crime.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 week ago

I can't think of the exact quote but paraphrasing:

"I like privacy, not because I have something to hide but fear the people who decide what is a crime."

[–] phonics@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This just in, criminals drink water.

[–] rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

No, criminals prefer the far more dangerous Di-hydrogen Monoxide

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago

We can't spy on you now, so you're up to something! -government

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Heck yeah! Let's all be criminals!

Be gay, do crime.

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Am I able to use graphene os without being gay?

[–] yumyumsmuncher@feddit.uk 13 points 6 days ago

No mate is on its end user license agreement

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

[Joke] Only if you don't use it for crimes.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We'll it's a good thing I'm aware of and diligently follow all laws

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago

Mhm, sure 😜

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 15 points 1 week ago

Criminals do a lot of legal stuff :33

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Maybe there should be a detainment mode that starts an android 6 emulator. Then they'll just think you're poor.

[–] lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 week ago

I'm free, finally. Just got my Pixel 9 last week.

[–] paequ2@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A privacy-focused operating system may seem more trouble than it’s worth. But when I replaced Google’s Pixel OS with GrapheneOS, I found it to be a transformative experience. For one, the installation was painless, and I didn’t lose any modern software features. Installing aftermarket operating systems used to equal a compromised smartphone experience, but I didn’t find that to be true in the case of GrapheneOS.

Case in point: even though GrapheneOS doesn’t include any Google services, I was surprised to find that you can install the Play Store with relative ease and almost all apps work flawlessly — even most banking ones.

Oh, nice. This sounds promising! I'm adding it to my list: [guix, emacs, graphene]

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

It was so refreshing to have a clean install without bloatware or having to login to google services right off the bat. Especially after having a carrier locked phone

[–] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

"we've officially moved to graphene" -cops

[–] subignition@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been thinking about switching lately because as this phone gets more updates it keeps gradually getting more annoying. Only trouble is my carrier is Google Fi right now and I don't know if I can reasonably continue using that on Graphene without privacy concerns.

Though, I originally started using it only because it was cheap. I could probably afford to shop carriers soon.

[–] arcterus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago

You can use Google Fi if you install sandboxed Play Services and give it a few permissions. It's not as private as it could potentially be, but it's still presumably better than stock.

Also, IMO unless you really need the international features, Google Fi isn't worth the price since US Mobile, Visible, Mint, etc. exist.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

because google is constantly datamining the phone, and enshittified alot of it too.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do all my authenticators still function with it? That's like the only thing holding me back.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I use Aegis (Google Authenticator compatible) and it works great. Entrust has also worked for me in the past.

[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

In my experience yes they do.

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