I like CalyxOS for my threat profile, I recommend the OS for people who want to have more control over their personal data and how its shared.

In order to share the VPN on non-CalyxOS android you’d have to root AFAIK, and rooting introduces a threat vector for bad actors to abuse if you’re Trying to avoid being hacked / being spied on (if you need to hide from the gov’t or people who abuse vulnerabilities)

CalyxOS works w/ Fairphone & some Motos :p

Its not mentioned but I prefer Calyx. Its got better networking features (being able to share your VPN over hotspot and between profiles is a big one for me), and I prefer MicroG (FLOSS) over Sandboxed Play Services (Proprietary). + The calyx devs are generally just really pleasant to talk to. Calyx works on Pixels, Fairphones, a few Motos and sometimes other devices if they can have their bootloader relocked.

:3

So they just stole what Signal already does? lol

Porn aside they closed the issue for “piracy”?

Like, don’t get me wrong I understand downloading youtube videos isnt piracy but, you’re getting around the ads, which are a form of payment. Just seems off to me for this to be the hill you crash out on.

I’m on Android w/ PipePipe & GrayJay and have been experiencing issues with videos loading a little then buffering for like 5 minutes

Does it do Geo lookup? It might just be pinging OpenStreetMaps

+1 for Aves (Libre ver.)

You’re more privileged than you will ever realize being in a country that actually sees human life as something other than capital for profit. I hope you never have to understand what we go through and why these are even things we would have to consider in the first place.

Thanks for being a condescending dick about it ig.

Why is it a nutty take to be concerned? It used to be a nutty take that the ability to be able to repair your own stuff was being taken away, then it was the ability for your cars to track you and to listen to you.

Why wouldn’t Google save biometric data to get a paycheck from the US NSA/CIA/FBI for “terrorism counterintelligence”? What ethics or moral code hold them back from this. There are no laws in place saying they can’t do this. All they have to do is specify some vague term in their privacy policy, and regulators would just have to be out-lobbied, which would be no problem for Google and their infinite amounts of money us in the bottom 99% will never see.

Corporations are not your friends. They do not care about you. They care about profit, and if they can make profit they will make profit. This is not an attempt to argue with you. You’re allowed to have your opinion, but being skeptical of changes that corporations are making isn’t a bad thing, especially if you end up being right so early that you can make a change.

Tl;Dr: write your legislator, tell them that you want better consumer protections, even if you think you already have them. It never hurts to make sure you dont get fucked over.

Can you see what Google does with the information you provide them using this service? No? Then theres your answer.

Honestly I hope there is one. This looks like a really cool project

Your views that want to hide the hardships of the few because the hardships of the many are somehow more important? Right, have fun “benefitting everyone”.

I hope something fucked up happens to you and your shit gets taken away and someone comes along and tells you there a bigger issues asshole.

Saying signature spoofing for all ROMs is less secure is misinformation, see CalyxOS’s explanation: https://calyxos.org/docs/guide/microg/#is-microg-a-security-risk-in-calyxos-because-it-requires-signature-spoofing

Demonizing you? I put your argument into perspective. YOU made the comparison, I pointed it out. Thats on you bud.

If you think I’m “willfully misinterpreting” you, maybe consider what you say before you say it, and consider there are real human beings being affected by the words you use. Consider that, yeah, the country is fucking burning down, and inside that country, there are 100s, maybe thousands of people with pets in domestic violence households, and you just told all those people to shove it because there are bigger issues.

Can I not be mad about the toaster and the house at the same time? Is there something about humans that makes it so we can only care about one issue at a time?

And youre comparing people being denied the right to keep their animals (some would refer to this as “property”) when they need to leave an abusive household, to a toaster.

I would be complaining that Ive lost everything, not just the walls and windows.